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Avian influenza H9N2 virus isolated from air samples in LPMs in Jiangxi, China

Overview of attention for article published in Virology Journal, July 2017
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Title
Avian influenza H9N2 virus isolated from air samples in LPMs in Jiangxi, China
Published in
Virology Journal, July 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12985-017-0800-y
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Xiaoxu Zeng, Mingbin Liu, Heng Zhang, Jingwen Wu, Xiang Zhao, Wenbing Chen, Lei Yang, Fenglan He, Guoyin Fan, Dayan Wang, Haiying Chen, Yuelong Shu

Abstract

Recently, avian influenza virus has caused repeated worldwide outbreaks in humans. Live Poultry Markets (LPMs) play an important role in the circulation and reassortment of novel Avian Influenza Virus (AIVs). Aerosol transmission is one of the most important pathways for influenza virus to spread among poultry, from poultry to mammals, and among mammals. In this study, air samples were collected from LPMs in Nanchang city between April 2014 and March 2015 to investigate possible aerosol transmission of AIVs. Air samples were detected for Flu A by Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RRT-PCR). If samples were positive for Flu A, they were inoculated into 9- to 10-day-old specific-pathogen-free embryonated eggs. If the result was positive, the whole genome of the virus was sequenced by MiSeq. Phylogenetic trees of all 8 segments were constructed using MEGA 6.05 software. To investigate the possible aerosol transmission of AIVs, 807 air samples were collected from LPMs in Nanchang city between April 2014 and March 2015. Based on RRT-PCR results, 275 samples (34.1%) were Flu A positive, and one virus was successfully isolated with embryonated eggs. The virus shared high nucleotide homology with H9N2 AIVs from South China. Our study provides further evidence that the air in LPMs can be contaminated by influenza viruses and their nucleic acids, and this should be considered when choosing and evaluating disinfection strategies in LPMs, such as regular air disinfection. Aerosolized viruses such as the H9N2 virus detected in this study can increase the risk of human infection when people are exposed in LPMs.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 20%
Student > Bachelor 3 15%
Student > Master 3 15%
Student > Postgraduate 2 10%
Professor 1 5%
Other 3 15%
Unknown 4 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 20%
Environmental Science 2 10%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 2 10%
Unspecified 1 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 5%
Other 4 20%
Unknown 6 30%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 April 2018.
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#2,671,437
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#253
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#47,962
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#2
of 66 outputs
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