Genetic analysis of novel avian A(H7N9) influenza viruses isolated from patients in China, February to April 2013

Author:

Kageyama T12,Fujisaki S21,Takashita E2,Xu H2,Yamada S3,Uchida Y4,Neumann G5,Saito T64,Kawaoka Y7835,Tashiro M2

Affiliation:

1. These authors contributed equally to this work

2. Influenza Virus Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

3. Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

4. Influenza and Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Ibaraki, Japan

5. Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States

6. The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

7. Department of Special Pathogens, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

8. ERATO Infection-Induced Host Responses Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan

Abstract

Novel influenza viruses of the H7N9 subtype have infected 33 and killed nine people in China as of 10 April 2013. Their haemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase genes probably originated from Eurasian avian influenza viruses; the remaining genes are closely related to avian H9N2 influenza viruses. Several characteristic amino acid changes in HA and the PB2 RNA polymerase subunit probably facilitate binding to human-type receptors and efficient replication in mammals, respectively, highlighting the pandemic potential of the novel viruses.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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