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Flu edges closer to spilling from dogs into humans

Some H3N2 strains of influenza infecting dogs in Asia have developed ominous mutations.
SEM of human cells infected with H3N2 flu.

Human cells (artificially coloured) infected with the H3N2 influenza virus, which has found a home in dogs in parts of Asia. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPL

Strains of influenza circulating in dogs might be gaining the capacity to spill over into humans1.

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Nature 616, 632 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01278-5

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  1. Chen, M. et al. eLife https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83470 (2023).

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