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Molecular characterization and receptor binding specificity of H9N2 avian influenza viruses based on poultry-related environmental surveillance in Chi

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Virology. 2019 Jan 3;529:135-143. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2019.01.002. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Molecular characterization and receptor binding specificity of H9N2 avian influenza viruses based on poultry-related environmental surveillance in China between 2013 and 2016.[/h] Zou S[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhang Y[SUP]2[/SUP], Li X[SUP]3[/SUP], Bo H[SUP]4[/SUP], Wei H[SUP]5[/SUP], Dong L[SUP]6[/SUP], Yang L[SUP]7[/SUP], Dong J[SUP]8[/SUP], Liu J[SUP]9[/SUP], Shu Y[SUP]10[/SUP], Wang D[SUP]11[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] H9N2 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) have become panzootic and caused sporadic human cases since 1998. Based on the poultry-related environmental surveillance data in mainland China from 2013 to 2016, a total of 68 representative environment isolates were selected and further investigated systematically. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that Y280-like H9N2 viruses have been predominant during 2013-2016 and acquired multiple specific amino acid substitutions that might favor viral transmission from avian to mammalians. Additionally, the viruses have undergone dramatic evolution and reassortment, resulting in an increased genetic diversity or acting as the gene contributors to new avian viruses. Receptor-binding tests indicated that most of the H9N2 isolates bound to human-type receptor, making them easily cross the species barrier and infect human efficiently. Our results suggested that the H9N2 AIVs prevalent in poultry may pose severe public health threat.
Copyright ? 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H9N2 avian influenza virus; Molecular characterization; Phylogenetic analysis; Receptor binding property

PMID: 30703577 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2019.01.002
 
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