Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N3) Virus in Poultry, United States, 2020.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N3) Virus in Poultry, United States, 2020.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 08;26(12):
Authors: Youk S, Lee DH, Killian ML, Pantin-Jackwood MJ, Swayne DE, Torchetti MK
Abstract
An outbreak of low-pathogenicity avian influenza A(H7N3) virus of North American wild bird lineage occurred on commercial turkey farms in North Carolina and South Carolina, USA, during March-April 2020. The virus mutated to the highly pathogenic form in 1 house on 1 farm via recombination with host 28S rRNA.
PMID: 33030423 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - October 8, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Youk S, Lee DH, Killian ML, Pantin-Jackwood MJ, Swayne DE, Torchetti MK Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: research