Emergence of a novel reassortant H3N3 avian influenza virus with enhanced pathogenicity and transmissibility in chickens in China

Abstract H3N3 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are less prevalent in poultry than H3N8 viruses. However, although relatively rare, reassortant H3N3 viruses have been known to appear in both domestic poultry and wild birds. In this study, we isolated the H3N3 virus in chickens sourced from a live poult...

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Main Authors: Chunping Zhang, Conghui Zhao, Jiacheng Huang, Yang Wang, Bo Jiang, Hangyu Zheng, Mingzhi Zhuang, Yanni Peng, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Sha Liu, Haoxi Qiang, Huanhuan Wang, Xiancheng Zeng, Guijie Guo, Ji-Long Chen, Shujie Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-03-01
Series:Veterinary Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-025-01484-1
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