Novel Zoonotic Avian Influenza A(H3N8) Virus in Chicken, Hong Kong, China

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 28; no. 10; pp. 2009 - 2015
• Main Authors: Sit, Thomas H C, Sun, Wanying, Tse, Anne C N, Brackman, Christopher J, Cheng, Samuel M S, Tang, Amy W Yan, Cheung, Jonathan T L, Peiris, Malik, Poon, Leo L M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.10.2022; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Agriculture; Animals; Avian flu; Avian influenza; Avian influenza virus; Avian influenza viruses; Birds; Chickens; China - epidemiology; Cytochrome; Drinking water; emergence; Farms; Feces; Genomes; H3N8; Hemagglutinins; Hong Kong - epidemiology; Human populations; Humans; Identification and classification; influenza; Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype - genetics; Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype; Influenza A Virus, H7N9 Subtype - genetics; Influenza A Virus, H9N2 Subtype - genetics; Influenza in Birds; influenza virus; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Neuraminidase - genetics; Pandemics; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Poultry; Public health; Risk factors; Serology; Viruses; Waterfowl; Zoonoses; Hong Kong; China; Hong Kong China; Switzerland; influenza; chicken; viruses; Hong Kong; emergence; zoonoses; immunity; respiratory infections; population; H3N8; China; serology; Avian influenza virus; influenza virus; human; novel

Zoonotic and pandemic influenza continue to pose threats to global public health. Pandemics arise when novel influenza A viruses, derived in whole or in part from animal or avian influenza viruses, adapt to transmit efficiently in a human population that has little population immunity to contain its...