Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2019)

Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus in Poultry Worker, Pakistan, 2015

  • Muzaffar Ali,
  • Tahir Yaqub,
  • Nadia Mukhtar,
  • Muhammad Imran,
  • Aamir Ghafoor,
  • Muhammad Furqan Shahid,
  • Muhammad Naeem,
  • Munir Iqbal,
  • Gavin J.D. Smith,
  • Yvonne C.F. Su

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.180618
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 1
pp. 136 – 139

Abstract

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Avian influenza A(H9N2) virus isolated from a poultry worker in Pakistan in 2015 was closely related to viruses detected in poultry farms. Observed mutations in the hemagglutinin related to receptor-binding affinity and antigenicity could affect cross-reactivity with prepandemic H9N2 vaccine strains.

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