Avian influenza A(H9N2) virus in poultry worker, Pakistan, 2015

Avian influenza A(H9N2) virus isolated from a poultry worker in Pakistan in 2015 was closely related to viruses detected in poultry farms. Observed mutations in the hemagglutinin related to receptor-binding affinity and antigenicity could affect cross-reactivity with prepandemic H9N2 vaccine strains.

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Muzaffar A, Tahir Y, Mukhtar N, Imran M, Ghafoor A, Shahid MF, N Muhammad, Iqbal M, Smith GJD, Su Y.
Year
2019
Journal
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume
25
Issue
1
Pages
136-139
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