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ArticleViruses2021

Avian Influenza H7N9 Virus Adaptation to Human Hosts.

Swan Tan, Muhammad Farhan Sjaugi, Siew Chinn Fong, Li Chuin Chong, Hadia Syahirah Abd Raman, Nik Elena Nik Mohamed, Joseph Thomas August, Asif M Khan

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Swan TanCentre for Bioinformatics, School of Data Sciences, Perdana University, Wisma Chase Perdana, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-0658-3396
Muhammad Farhan SjaugiCentre for Bioinformatics, School of Data Sciences, Perdana University, Wisma Chase Perdana, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-8497-1768
Siew Chinn FongDepartment of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5589-0210
Li Chuin ChongCentre for Bioinformatics, School of Data Sciences, Perdana University, Wisma Chase Perdana, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.
Hadia Syahirah Abd RamanCentre for Bioinformatics, School of Data Sciences, Perdana University, Wisma Chase Perdana, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.
Nik Elena Nik MohamedCentre for Bioinformatics, School of Data Sciences, Perdana University, Wisma Chase Perdana, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.
Joseph Thomas AugustDepartment of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Asif M KhanCentre for Bioinformatics, School of Data Sciences, Perdana University, Wisma Chase Perdana, Changkat Semantan, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-9202-279X
Perdana University · MYJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Avian influenza virus A (H7N9), after circulating in avian hosts for decades, was identified as a human pathogen in 2013. Herein, amino acid substitutions possibly essential for human adaptation were identified by comparing the 4706 aligned overlapping nonamer position sequences (1-9, 2-10, etc.) of the reported 2014 and 2017 avian and human H7N9 datasets. The initial set of virus sequences (as of year 2014) exhibited a total of 109 avian-to-human (A2H) signature amino acid substitutions. Each represented the most prevalent substitution at a given avian virus nonamer position that was selectively adapted as the corresponding index (most prevalent sequence) of the human viruses. The majority of these avian substitutions were long-standing in the evolution of H7N9, and only 17 were first detected in 2013 as possibly essential for the initial human adaptation. Strikingly, continued evolution of the avian H7N9 virus has resulted in avian and human protein sequences that are almost identical. This rapid and continued adaptation of the avian H7N9 virus to the human host, with near identity of the avian and human viruses, is associated with increased human infection and a predicted greater risk of human-to-human transmission.

Indexed as

Adaptation, BiologicalHost-Pathogen InteractionsAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsBirdsGenetic VariationHumansInfluenza A Virus, H7N9 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza in BirdsOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsRNA, ViralSpecies SpecificityRNA, Viraladaptationavian virusesdiversityH7N9hosthuman virusesinfluenza virusmotifssurveillancezoonosis

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PMID34068495
PMCPMC8150935
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