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ArticleNature2013

Biological features of novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus.

Jianfang Zhou, Dayan Wang, Rongbao Gao, Baihui Zhao, Jingdong Song, Xian Qi, Yanjun Zhang, Yonglin Shi, Lei Yang, Wenfei Zhu and 32 more

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Article in Nature, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 212 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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212 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

42 authors.

Jianfang ZhouNational Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Key Laboratory for Medical Virology, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Beijing 102206, China.
Dayan Wang
Rongbao Gao
Baihui Zhao
Jingdong Song
Xian Qi
Yanjun Zhang
Yonglin Shi
Lei Yang
Wenfei Zhu
Tian Bai
Kun Qin
Yu Lan
Shumei Zou
Junfeng Guo
Jie Dong
Libo Dong
Ye Zhang
Hejiang Wei
Xiaodan Li
Jian Lu
Liqi Liu
Xiang Zhao
Xiyan Li
Weijuan Huang
Leying Wen
Hong Bo
Li Xin
Yongkun Chen
Cuilin Xu
Yuquan Pei
Yue Yang
Xiaodong Zhang
Shiwen Wang
Zijian Feng
Jun Han
Weizhong Yang
George F Gao
Guizhen Wu
Dexin Li
Yu Wang
Yuelong Shu

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human infection associated with a novel reassortant avian influenza H7N9 virus has recently been identified in China. A total of 132 confirmed cases and 39 deaths have been reported. Most patients presented with severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Although the first epidemic has subsided, the presence of a natural reservoir and the disease severity highlight the need to evaluate its risk on human public health and to understand the possible pathogenesis mechanism. Here we show that the emerging H7N9 avian influenza virus poses a potentially high risk to humans. We discover that the H7N9 virus can bind to both avian-type (α2,3-linked sialic acid) and human-type (α2,6-linked sialic acid) receptors. It can invade epithelial cells in the human lower respiratory tract and type II pneumonocytes in alveoli, and replicated efficiently in ex vivo lung and trachea explant culture and several mammalian cell lines. In acute serum samples of H7N9-infected patients, increased levels of the chemokines and cytokines IP-10, MIG, MIP-1β, MCP-1, IL-6, IL-8 and IFN-α were detected. We note that the human population is naive to the H7N9 virus, and current seasonal vaccination could not provide protection.

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AnimalsAntibodies, ViralBirdsBronchiCell LineChemokinesChinaCross ReactionsEpithelial CellsHost SpecificityHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza in BirdsInfluenza VaccinesAntibodies, ViralChemokinesInfluenza VaccinesN-Acetylneuraminic AcidReceptors, Virus

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