Viral evolution: Closely monitoring influenza virus

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 709 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.139 Author: Andrea Du Toit Human infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H7N9 viruses have been detected in China, which raises concerns of a future pandemic, particularly if these viruses acquire efficient human-to-human transmissibility. However, the replication capacity, pathogenicity and transmissibility of human HPAI H7N9 isolates in mammals were
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