TY - JOUR AU - Ren, Lili AU - Yu, Xuelian AU - Zhao, Baihui AU - Wu, Fan AU - Jin, Qi AU - Zhang, Xi AU - Wang, Jianwei T1 - Infection with Possible Precursor of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus in a Child, China, 2013 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 8 SP - 1362 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During the early stage of the avian influenza A(H7N9) epidemic in China in March 2013, a strain of the virus was identified in a 4-year-old boy with mild influenza symptoms. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that this strain, which has similarity to avian subtype H9N2 viruses, may represent a precursor of more-evolved H7N9 subtypes co-circulating among humans. KW - avian influenza virus KW - viruses KW - A(H7N9) KW - phylogenetics KW - evolution KW - genome sequence KW - pediatric KW - China KW - adaption KW - zoonoses KW - respiratory infections KW - fomite DO - 10.3201/eid2008.140325 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/8/14-0325_article ER - End of Reference