Influenza A virus subtype H10N7

Influenza A virus subtype H10N7

H10N7 is a subtype of the species Influenza A virus (sometimes called bird flu virus). In 2004 in Egypt H10N7 was reported for the first time in humans. It caused illness in two one-year old infants, residents of Ismaillia, Egypt; one child’s father a poultry merchant. [cite web | url = http://www.paho.org/English/AD/DPC/CD/eid-eer-07-may-2004.htm | title = EID Weekly Updates - Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas | accessdate = 2007-10-20 | date = 2004-05-07 | publisher = Pan American Health Organization ]

The first reported H10N7 outbreak in the US occurred in Minnesota on two turkey farms in 1979 and on a third in 1980. "The clinical signs ranged from severe, with a mortality rate as high as 31%, to subclinical. Antigenically indistinguishable viruses were isolated from healthy mallards on a pond adjacent to the turkey farms"cite journal | author = Karunakaran D, Hinshaw V, Poss P, Newman J, Halvorson D | title = Influenza A outbreaks in Minnesota turkeys due to subtype H10N7 and possible transmission by waterfowl | journal = Avian Dis. | volume = 27 | issue = 2 | pages = 357–66 | year = 1983 | pmid = 6870718 | doi = ]

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