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Laboratory-Confirmed Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus Infection, India, 2019

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: A 17-month-old boy in India with severe acute respiratory infection was laboratory confirmed to have avian influenza A(H9N2) virus infection. Complete genome analysis of the strain indicated a mixed lineage of G1 and H7N3. The strain also was found to be susceptible to adamantanes and neuraminidase inhibitors.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid2512.190636

Authors: Varsha Potdar, Dilip Hinge, Ashish Satav, Eric A.F. Simões, Pragya D. Yadav, Mandeep S. Chadha

Institutions: Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad, University of Colorado Anschutz, ICMR-National Institute of Virology

Language: English

Topic: Influenza Virus Research Studies

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation