New H7N7 bird flu strain discovered that could pose threat to humans | World news | theguardian.com
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Un nouveau #virus contamine la volaille en #Chine
The new strain poses a potential threat to people, according to lab tests which found that the virus, called H7N7, caused severe pneumonia in ferrets, which are used as proxies for humans in flu research.
An international team led by Yi Guan, a flu specialist at the University of Hong Kong, took samples from chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, partridges and quail at markets in Shandong and Zhejiang provinces to the north and south of Shanghai, and further samples from markets in Guangdong. They found H7N9 in chickens in Rizhao, Shandong, and the new H7N7 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang.