Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2014)

Human Infection with Influenza Virus A(H10N8) from Live Poultry Markets, China, 2014

  • Tao Zhang,
  • Yuhai Bi,
  • Huaiyu Tian,
  • Xiaowen Li,
  • Di Liu,
  • Ying Wu,
  • Tao Jin,
  • Yong Wang,
  • Quanjiao Chen,
  • Ze Chen,
  • Jianyu Chang,
  • George F. Gao,
  • Bing Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2012.140911
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 12
pp. 2076 – 2079

Abstract

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Human infection with avian influenza virus A(H10N8) was initially reported in China in December 2013. We characterized H10N8 strains from a human patient and from poultry in live markets that infected persons had visited. Results of genome sequencing and virus characterization suggest that the virus strains that infected humans originated from these markets.

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