Live Poultry Trading Drives China's H7N9 Viral Evolution and Geographical Network Propagation

• Main Authors: Ruiyun Li (Author), Tao Zhang (Author), Yuqi Bai (Author), Haochuan Li (Author), Yong Wang (Author), Yuhai Bi (Author), Jianyu Chang (Author), Bing Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The on-going reassortment, human-adapted mutations, and spillover events of novel A(H7N9) avian influenza viruses pose a significant challenge to public health in China and globally. However, our understanding of the factors that disseminate the viruses and drive their geographic distributions is li...