Influenza A virus subtype H7N1

H7N1 is a subtype of the species Influenza A virus (sometimes called bird flu virus).

A highly pathogenic strain of it caused a flu outbreak with significant spread to numerous farms, resulting in great economic losses in 1999 in Italy in turkeys.[1]

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