Abstract
A novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus causes severe human infections and was first identified in March 2013 in China. The H7N9 virus has exhibited two epidemiological peaks of infection, occurring in week 15 of 2013 and week 5 of 2014. Taiwan, which is geographically adjacent to China, faces a large risk of being affected by this virus. Through extensive surveillance, launched in April 2013, four laboratory-confirmed H7N9 cases imported from China have been identified in Taiwan. The H7N9 virus isolated from imported case 1 in May 2013 (during the first wave) was found to be closest genetically to a virus from wild birds and differed from the prototype virus, A/Anhui/1/2013, in the MP gene. The other three imported cases were detected in December 2013 and April 2014 (during the second wave). The viruses isolated from cases 2 and 4 were similar in the compositions of their 6 internal genes and distinct from A/Anhui/1/2013 in the PB2 and MP genes, whereas the virus isolated from case 3 exhibited a novel reassortment that has not been identified previously and was different from A/Anhui/1/2013 in the PB2, PA and MP genes. The four imported H7N9 viruses share similar antigenicity with A/Anhui/1/2013, and their HA and NA genes group...Continue Reading
References
Jan 29, 2002·Archives of Virology·E HoffmannD R Perez
Oct 19, 2007·Journal of Virology·Yiming BaoDavid Lipman
May 30, 2008·PloS One·Li-Qun FangWu-Chun Cao
Jan 3, 2009·PLoS Pathogens·John SteelPeter Palese
Sep 11, 2009·Journal of Clinical Microbiology·Ji-Rong YangMing-Tsan Liu
May 7, 2011·Molecular Biology and Evolution·Koichiro TamuraSudhir Kumar
Apr 12, 2012·Clinical and Vaccine Immunology : CVI·Noriko KishidaTakato Odagiri
Apr 13, 2013·The New England Journal of Medicine·Rongbao GaoYuelong Shu
Apr 30, 2013·Lancet·Yu ChenKwok-Yung Yuen
May 4, 2013·Lancet·Sui-Yuan ChangShan-Chwen Chang
May 7, 2013·Lancet·Di LiuGeorge F Gao
May 24, 2013·The New England Journal of Medicine·Chang-jun BaoHua Wang
Jun 28, 2013·Lancet·Hongjie YuGabriel M Leung
Aug 24, 2013·Nature·Tommy Tsan-Yuk LamYi Guan
Oct 25, 2013·Journal of Clinical Microbiology·Ji-Rong YangMing-Tsan Liu
Nov 5, 2013·Lancet·Hongjie YuGabriel M Leung
Dec 20, 2013·Clinical Microbiology and Infection : the Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases·Z ShenJ Zhang
Jan 10, 2014·Journal of Virology·Xinfen YuJun Wang
Jan 25, 2014·Nature Communications·Lunbiao CuiGeorge F Gao
Jan 28, 2014·The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine·Sung-Hsi WeiFeng-Yee Chang
Mar 1, 2014·The Journal of Infection·Kelvin Kai-Wang ToKwok-Yung Yuen
Apr 23, 2014·Emerging Infectious Diseases·Baihui ZhaoFan Wu
May 3, 2014·Scientific Reports·Juan ZhangBaoxu Huang
May 16, 2014·Journal of Virology·Jing LuChangwen Ke
Sep 12, 2014·Journal of Virology·Wei LiuWu-Chun Cao
Oct 8, 2014·Epidemiology and Infection·X Y WangJ F Lin
Citations
Dec 2, 2015·PloS One·Qiuyan LiaoRichard Fielding
Apr 19, 2017·Health Security·Ji-Rong YangShu-Ying Li
Mar 6, 2017·Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan Yi Zhi·Ji-Rong Yang, Ming-Tsan Liu
Feb 26, 2016·Journal of Virology·Jessica A BelserTerrence M Tumpey
Nov 28, 2018·Nature Microbiology·Kuan-Ying A HuangAlain R Townsend
Feb 26, 2016·PloS One·Christine L P EngTin Wee Tan
Sep 22, 2017·The Journal of Infectious Diseases·Larisa V GubarevaJames Stevens
Jan 8, 2017·BMC Biotechnology·Che-Ming Jack HuHui-Wen Chen
Jun 8, 2017·International Journal of Molecular Sciences·Christine L P EngTin Wee Tan
Nov 2, 2019·Journal of Biological Engineering·Chia-Chun LaiAlan Yung-Chih Hu
May 14, 2020·Viruses·Peter Pushko, Irina Tretyakova