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H7N1
Introduction
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]