TY - JOUR AU - Ali, Muzaffar AU - Yaqub, Tahir AU - Mukhtar, Nadia AU - Imran, Muhammad AU - Ghafoor, Aamir AU - Shahid, Muhammad Furqan AU - Naeem, Muhammad AU - Iqbal, Munir AU - Smith, Gavin J.D. AU - Su, Yvonne C.F. T1 - Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus in Poultry Worker, Pakistan, 2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 1 SP - 136 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Avian influenza A(H9N2) virus isolated from a poultry worker in Pakistan in 2015 was closely related to viruses detected in poultry farms. Observed mutations in the hemagglutinin related to receptor-binding affinity and antigenicity could affect cross-reactivity with prepandemic H9N2 vaccine strains. KW - Surveillance KW - avian influenza KW - influenza A(H9N2) KW - zoonoses KW - evolution KW - viruses KW - influenza KW - Pakistan KW - poultry workers DO - 10.3201/eid2501.180618 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/1/18-0618_article ER - End of Reference