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Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022
Research

Novel Zoonotic Avian Influenza A(H3N8) Virus in Chicken, Hong Kong, China

Thomas H.C. Sit, Wanying Sun, Anne C.N. Tse, Christopher J. Brackman, Samuel M.S. Cheng, Amy W. Yan Tang, Jonathan T.L Cheung, Malik Peiris1Comments to Author , and Leo L.M. Poon1
Author affiliations: Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China (T.H.C. Sit, A.C.N. Tse, C.J. Brackman); The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (W. Sun, S.M.S. Cheng, A.W. Yan Tang, J.T.L. Cheung, M. Peiris, L.L.M. Poon)

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Table 6

Seroprevalence of antibodies to human seasonal influenza virus A/Switzerland/8060/2017 (H3N2) and A/chicken/Hong Kong/MKT-AB13cp/2022 (H3N8) virus in age-stratified human serum samples from blood donors, Hong Kong, China, 2020*

Age group, y No. H3N2 HI titers, no. (%)
H3N8 HI titer, no. (%)
H3N2 GMT (95% CI) H3N8 GMT (95% CI)
>1:10 >1:40 >1:10 >1:40
10–19 10 10 (100) 9 (90) 0 0 183.8 (74.8–451.7) 5 (5–5)
20–29 10 7 (70) 7 (70) 0 0 37.32 (11.8–118.6) 5 (5–5)
30–39 10 5 (50) 5 (50) 0 0 20 (6.7–59.9) 5 (5–5)
40–49 10 8 (80) 6 (60) 3 (30) 1 (10) 30.31 (12.6–73.1) 7.071 (4.4–11.5)
50–59 10 3 (30) 0 2 (20) 0 7.1 (4.6–10.8) 5.743 (4.7–7.1)
60–69 10 9 (90) 9 (90) 1 (10) 1 (10) 56.6 (25.8–123.9) 6.156 (3.9–9.9)
70–79
3
1 (33)
1 (3)

0
0
12.6 (0.2–671.9)
5 (5–5)
Total 63 43 (68.3) 37 (58.7) 6 (9.5) 2 (3.2) 32.8 (22.1–48.8) 5.6 (5.1–6.2)

*GMT, geometric mean titer; HI, hemagglutination inhibition.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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