Laboratory-Confirmed Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus Infection, India, 2019

Abstract

A 17-month-old boy in India with severe acute respiratory infection was laboratory confirmed to have avian influenza A(H9N2) virus infection. Complete genome analysis of the strain indicated a mixed lineage of G1 and H7N3. The strain also was found to be susceptible to adamantanes and neuraminidase inhibitors.

Keywords

• influenza
• viruses
• avian influenza
• H9N2
• respiratory infections
• India