Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2014)

Mutations of Novel Influenza A(H10N8) Virus in Chicken Eggs and MDCK Cells

  • Jian Yang,
  • Ting Zhang,
  • Li Guo,
  • Yongfeng Hu,
  • Jinlin Li,
  • Haoxiang Su,
  • Yan Xiao,
  • Xianwen Ren,
  • Jie Dong,
  • Lilian Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2009.140257
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 9
pp. 1541 – 1543

Abstract

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The recent emergence of human infection with influenza A(H10N8) virus is an urgent public health concern. Genomic analysis showed that the virus was conserved in chicken eggs but presented substantial adaptive mutations in MDCK cells. Our results provide additional evidence for the avian origin of this influenza virus.

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