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Interspecies transmission of influenza viruses: H5N1 virus and a Hong Kong SAR perspective.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Shortridge, Kennedy Francis Gao, Peng Guan, Yi Ito, Toshihiro Kawaoka, Yoshihiro Markwell, David Takada, Ayato Webster, Robert James
Copyright Year	2000
Abstract	This account takes stock of events and involvements, particularly on the avian side of the influenza H5N1 'bird flu' incident in Hong Kong SAR in 1997. It highlights the role of the chicken in the many live poultry markets as the source of the virus for humans. The slaughter of chicken and other poultry across the SAR seemingly averted an influenza pandemic. This perspective from Hong Kong SAR marks the coming-of-age of acceptance of the role of avian hosts as a source of pandemic human influenza viruses and offers the prospect of providing a good baseline for influenza pandemic preparedness in the future. Improved surveillance is the key. This is illustrated through the H9N2 virus which appears to have provided the 'replicating' genes for the H5N1 virus and which has since been isolated in the SAR from poultry, pigs and humans highlighting its propensity for interspecies transmission.
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PubMed reference number	10799786v1
Volume Number	74
Issue Number	1-2
Journal	Veterinary microbiology
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Aves Chickens HIV Influenza in Birds Influenza virus A Hong Kong Ab:ACnc:Pt:Ser:Qn Moloney murine sarcoma virus Orthomyxoviridae
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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