Virology & Mycology
Open Access

Endemicity of H9N2 and H5N1 avian influenza virus in poultry in China poses a serious threat to poultry industry and public health

International Conference on Flu

June 08-10, 2015 Chicago, USA

Xiufan Liu and Jiao Hu

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Virol-mycol

Abstract :

The Avian influenza virus of the H9N2 and H5N1 subtypes have circulated in poultry in China and become endemic since 1998 and 2004, respectively. However, because ofthis endemicity of these subtypes in China, they actively involved in the generation and establishment of the novel lineages of other subtypes of influenza virus, including the newly emerging highly pathogenic avian influenzaviruses H5N2, H5N5, H5N6 and H5N8 and the 2013 novel H7N7, H7N9 and H10N8 viruses, thereby threatening both the poultry industry and public health. Here we will review briefly mainly the epidemiology, pathogenicity, transmission, disease control of these two subtype viruses and also discuss how they affect the overall situation of Avian influenzain China.