Poultry carrying H9N2 act as incubators for novel human avian influenza viruses

摘要

After being hit by avian influenza A H7N9 virus (134 individuals infected and 45 deaths in 2013, and 213 cases and 66 deaths as of Feb 23, 2014),1 China had their first case of fatal H10N8 infection in a human being on Dec 17, 2013, in the Jiangxi Province, which has been followed by two more cases in the same province.2