Novel avian influenza H7N3 strain outbreak, British Columbia

Martin Hirst, Caroline R. Astell, Malachi Griffith, Shaun M. Coughlin, Michelle Moksa, Thomas Zeng, Duane E. Smailus, Robert A. Holt, Steven Jones, Marco A. Marra, Martin Petric, Mel Krajden, David Lawrence, Annie Mak, Ron Chow, Danuta M. Skowronski, S. Aleina Tweed, Swee Han Goh, Robert C. Brunham, John RobinsonVictoria Bowes, Ken Sojonky, Sean K. Byrne, Yan Li, Darwyn Kobasa, Tim Booth, Mark Paetzel

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Abstract

Genome sequences of chicken (low pathogenic avian influenza [LPAI] and highly pathogenic avian influenza [HPAI]) and human isolates from a 2004 outbreak of H7N3 avian influenza in Canada showed a novel insertion in the HAO cleavage site of the human and HPAI isolate. This insertion likely occurred by recombination between the hemagglutination and matrix genes in the LPAI virus.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2192-2195
Number of pages4
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume10
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2004

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