Volume 28, No 1, Jan 2018

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 28 Issue 1, January 2018: 1-2

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Avian influenza H7N9 viruses: a rare second warning

Kanta Subbarao¹

¹WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Correspondence: Kanta Subbarao(kanta.subbarao@influenzacentre.org)

Avian influenza A H7N9 viruses that emerged in China in 2013 have
reappeared each year, causing more than 1 600 severe human infections.
As these viruses have evolved in nature, they have gained some and
can gain additional virulence determinants that enhance their risk for
humans, underlining the urgent need to control and eradicate H7N9 viruses in China.

10.1038/cr.2017.154

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