Novel Avian Influenza H7N3 Strain Outbreak, British Columbia.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hirst, Martin; Astell, Caroline R.; Griffith, Malachi; Coughlin, Shaun M.; Moksa, Michelle; Zeng, Thomas; Smailus, Duane E.; Holt, Robert A.; Jones, Steven; Marra, Marco A.; Petric, Martin; Krajden, Mel; Lawrence, David; Mak, Annie; Chow, Ron; Skowronski, Danuta M.; Tweed, S. Aleina; SweeHan Goh; Brunham, Robert C.; Robinson, John
- Source
- Emerging Infectious Diseases. Dec2004, Vol. 10 Issue 12, p2192-2195. 4p. 2 Color Photographs.
- Subject
- *AVIAN influenza
*VIRUS diseases in poultry
*ZOONOSES
*COMMUNICABLE diseases
*DISEASE vectors
*DISEASE outbreaks
- Language
- ISSN
- 1080-6040
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]