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ArticleJournal of virology2022

Coinfection of Chickens with H9N2 and H7N9 Avian Influenza Viruses Leads to Emergence of Reassortant H9N9 Virus with Increased Fitness for Poultry and a Zoonotic Potential.

Sushant Bhat, Joe James, Jean-Remy Sadeyen, Sahar Mahmood, Holly J Everest, Pengxiang Chang, Sarah K Walsh, Alexander M P Byrne, Benjamin Mollett, Fabian Lean and 5 more

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Article in Journal of virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sushant Bhat *Avian Influenza Group, The Pirbright Institutegrid.63622.33, Woking, United Kingdom.
Joe James *Virology Department, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9673-3684
Jean-Remy SadeyenAvian Influenza Group, The Pirbright Institutegrid.63622.33, Woking, United Kingdom.
Sahar MahmoodVirology Department, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom.
Holly J EverestVirology Department, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom.
Pengxiang ChangAvian Influenza Group, The Pirbright Institutegrid.63622.33, Woking, United Kingdom.
Sarah K WalshVirology Department, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom.
Alexander M P ByrneVirology Department, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom.
Benjamin MollettVirology Department, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom.
Fabian LeanVirology Department, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom.
Joshua E SealyAvian Influenza Group, The Pirbright Institutegrid.63622.33, Woking, United Kingdom.
Holly SheltonAvian Influenza Group, The Pirbright Institutegrid.63622.33, Woking, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5776-0735
Marek J SlomkaVirology Department, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom.
Sharon M BrookesVirology Department, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom.
Munir IqbalAvian Influenza Group, The Pirbright Institutegrid.63622.33, Woking, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5165-5339
Animal and Plant Health Agency · GBThe Pirbright Institute · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L018853/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N002571/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R012679/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/S011269/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/S013792/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/I/00007034Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/I/00007035Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/I/00007037Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/I/00007038
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An H7N9 low-pathogenicity avian influenza virus (LPAIV) emerged in 2013 through genetic reassortment between H9N2 and other LPAIVs circulating in birds in China. This virus causes inapparent clinical disease in chickens, but zoonotic transmission results in severe and fatal disease in humans. To examine a natural reassortment scenario between H7N9 and G1 lineage H9N2 viruses predominant in the Indian subcontinent, we performed an experimental coinfection of chickens with A/Anhui/1/2013/H7N9 (Anhui/13) virus and A/Chicken/Pakistan/UDL-01/2008/H9N2 (UDL/08) virus. Plaque purification and genotyping of the reassortant viruses shed via the oropharynx of contact chickens showed H9N2 and H9N9 as predominant subtypes. The reassortant viruses shed by contact chickens also showed selective enrichment of polymerase genes from H9N2 virus. The viable "6+2" reassortant H9N9 (having nucleoprotein [NP] and neuraminidase [NA] from H7N9 and the remaining genes from H9N2) was successfully shed from the oropharynx of contact chickens, plus it showed an increased replication rate in human A549 cells and a significantly higher receptor binding to α2,6 and α2,3 sialoglycans compared to H9N2. The reassortant H9N9 virus also had a lower fusion pH, replicated in directly infected ferrets at similar levels compared to H7N9 and transmitted via direct contact. Ferrets exposed to H9N9 via aerosol contact were also found to be seropositive, compared to H7N9 aerosol contact ferrets. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study demonstrating that cocirculation of H7N9 and G1 lineage H9N2 viruses could represent a threat for the generation of novel reassortant H9N9 viruses with greater virulence in poultry and a zoonotic potential.

Indexed as

CoinfectionInfluenza A Virus, H7N9 SubtypeInfluenza A Virus, H9N2 SubtypeInfluenza in BirdsReassortant VirusesAnimalsChickensFerretsHumansInfluenza, HumanPhylogenyPoultryavian influenza virusescoinfectionferretsgenetic reassortmentH7N9H9N2H9N9poultryvirus transmissionzoonosis

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PMID35019727
PMCPMC8906417
OpenAlexW4205293365

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