Risk of Environmental Exposure to H7N9 Influenza Virus via Airborne and Surface Routes in a Live Poultry Market in Hebei, China
2021
Cheng Zhang | Cheng Zhang | Kangkang Guo | Kangkang Guo | Huan Cui | Huan Cui | Ligong Chen | Chunmao Zhang | Xuejing Wang | Jiaming Li | Yingying Fu | Zhongyi Wang | Zhendong Guo | Juxiang Liu | Shishan Dong
Environmental transmission of viruses to humans has become an early warning for potential epidemic outbreaks, such as SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus outbreaks. Recently, an H7N9 virus, A/environment/Hebei/621/2019 (H7N9), was isolated by environmental swabs from a live poultry market in Hebei, China. We found that this isolate could be transmitted by direct contact and aerosol in mammals. More importantly, after 5 passages in mice, the virus acquired two adaptive mutations, PB1-H115Q and B2-E627K, exhibiting increased virulence and aerosol transmissibility. These results suggest that this H7N9 virus might potentially be transmitted between humans through environmental or airborne routes.
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