A novel H7N9 influenza A virus has been discovered as the causative identity of the emerging acute respiratory infection cases in Shanghai,China.This virus has also been identified in cases of infection in the neighboring area Hangzhou City in Zhejiang Province.In this study,epidemiologic,clinical,and virological data from three patients in Hangzhou who were confirmed to be infected by the novel H7N9 influenza A virus were collected and analyzed.Human respiratory specimens and chicken feces from a contacted free market were tested for influenza virus by real-time reverse transcription PCR(RT-PCR) and sequencing.The clinical features of the three cases were similar featured with high fever and severe respiratory symptoms;however,only one of the patients died.A certain degree of diversity was observed among the three Hangzhou viruses sequenced from human samples compared with other reported H7N9 influenza A viruses.The sequences of the novel avian-origin H7N9 influenza viruses from Hangzhou City contained important amino acid substitutions related to human adaptation.One of the Hangzhou viruses had gained a novel amino acid substitution(Q226I) in the receptor binding region of hemagglutinin.More importantly,the virus sequenced from the chicken feces had a 627E substitution in the PB2 protein instead of the mammalian-adapted 627K substitution that was found in the PB2 proteins from the Hangzhou viruses from the three patients.Therefore,the newly-emerging H7N9 virus might be under adaptation pressure that will help it "jump" from avian to human hosts.The significance of these substitutions needs further exploration,with both laboratory experiments and extensive field surveillance.
针对H9亚型禽流感HA基因保守序列设计引物,建立基于SYBR GreenⅠ检测模式的荧光定量RT-PCR（real-ti me RT-PCR,RRT-PCR）,最低检测限为8.33×102拷贝质粒DNA,与常规PCR相比,灵敏度高出100倍。扩增产物的熔解曲线分析只出现1个单特异峰,无引物二聚体,Tm值为（83.83±0.22）℃,组内变异系数为0.52%~1.48%,组间变异系数为0.71%~2.21%,可重复性好;对H5亚型禽流感病毒、鸭肝炎病毒、鸭瘟病毒、鸭源禽1型副粘病毒无扩增;检测速度快,从样本处理到报告结果仅需4.5 h。
