A novel A(H7N2) influenza virus isolated from a veterinarian caring for cats in a New York City animal shelter causes mild disease and transmits poorly in the ferret model

Journal of Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2017, Pages

  Belser, Jessica A ^a   Pulit Penaloza, Joanna A ^a   Sun, Xiangjie ^a   Brock, Nicole ^a   Pappas, Claudia ^a   Creager, Hannah M ^a,b   Zeng, Hui ^a   Tumpey, Terrence M ^a   Maines, Taronna R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Ferret; H7N2; Influenza; Low pathogenic avian influenza virus; Pathogenesis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BRONCHUS EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N2); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N2); MALE; MOUSE; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; CAT; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARIAN; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CATS; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FERRETS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MICE; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VETERINARIANS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 85023203665     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00672-17     Document Type: Article

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