Emergence of Influenza A(H7N4) Virus, Cambodia

Abstract

Active surveillance in high-risk sites in Cambodia has identified multiple low-pathogenicity influenza A(H7) viruses, mainly in ducks. None fall within the A/Anhui/1/2013(H7N9) lineage; however, some A(H7) viruses from 2018 show temporal and phylogenetic similarity to the H7N4 virus that caused a nonfatal infection in Jiangsu Province, China, in December 2017.

Keywords

• influenza virus
• subtype A/H7N4
• zoonotic infection
• live poultry markets
• influenza surveillance
• whole genome sequencing