Evolution and Antigenic Differentiation of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China
Yang Liu
1, Yuhua Chen
1, Zhiyi Yang, Yaozhong Lin, Siyuan Fu, Junhong Chen, Lingyu Xu, Tengfei Liu, Beibei Niu, Qiuhong Huang, Haixia Liu, Chaofeng Zheng, Ming Liao
, and Weixin Jia
Author affiliations: South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China (Y. Liu, Z. Yang, Y. Lin, S. Fu, J. Chen, L. Xu, T. Liu, B. Niu, Q. Huang, M. Liao, W. Jia); Guangzhou Animal Health Inspection Institute, Guangzhou (Y. Chen); Guangdong Aib Polytechnic College, Guangzhou (H. Liu); Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station, Urumqi, China (C. Zheng)
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Figure 2. Antigenic map of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, China, 2021–2023. The map was plotted using hemagglutinin inhibition assay results of 26 antigens (green, blue, and yellow dots), serum from 2 vaccine virus strains, H7N9-Re4 and rHN7901 (purple dots), and in-house designed serum of 4 circulating viruses (CK for chicken). The antigen map was constructed using the online website of the Antigenic Cartography Group, University of Cambridge (https://acmacs-web.antigenic-cartography.org). A/Chicken/HeB/257-3/2022 and A/Chicken/HeB/229-2/2022 belong to the Group.y.2.3 branch, whereas A/Chicken/HeB/320-1/2022 and A/Chicken/HeB/363-4/2022 belong to the Group.y.2.4 branch (indicated by white dots). The distance between the figures represents the antigen distance.
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