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Zhao J, He W, Lu M, He H, Lai A. Emergence and Characterization of a Novel Reassortant Canine Influenza Virus Isolated from Cats. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10101320. [PMID: 34684269 PMCID: PMC8539923 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10101320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Cats are susceptible to a wide range of influenza A viruses (IAV). Furthermore, cats can serve as an intermediate host, and transfer avian influenza virus (AIV) H7N2 to a veterinarian. In this report, a novel reassortant influenza virus, designated A/feline/Jiangsu/HWT/2017 (H3N2), and abbreviated as FIV-HWT-2017, was isolated from nasal swab of a symptomatic cat in Jiangsu province, China. Sequence analysis indicated that, whilst the other seven genes were most similar to the avian-origin canine influenza viruses (CIV H3N2) isolated in China, the NS gene was more closely related to the circulating human influenza virus (H3N2) in the region. Therefore, FIV-HWT-2017 is a reassortant virus. In addition, some mutations were identified, and they were similar to a distinctive CIV H3N2 clade. Whether these cats were infected with the reassortant virus was unknown, however, this random isolation of a reassortant virus indicated that domestic or stray cats were "mixing vessel" for IAV cannot be ruled out. An enhanced surveillance for novel influenza virus should include pet and stray cats.
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- Jin Zhao
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (W.H.); (M.L.)
- Correspondence: (J.Z.); (H.H.); (A.L.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (W.H.); (M.L.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (W.H.); (M.L.)
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- Agricultural College, Jinhua Polytechnic, Jinhua 321007, China
- Correspondence: (J.Z.); (H.H.); (A.L.)
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- School of STEM, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY 40601, USA
- Correspondence: (J.Z.); (H.H.); (A.L.)
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He W, Li G, Zhu H, Shi W, Wang R, Zhang C, Bi Y, Lai A, Gao GF, Su S. Emergence and adaptation of H3N2 canine influenza virus from avian influenza virus: An overlooked role of dogs in interspecies transmission. Transbound Emerg Dis 2019; 66:842-851. [PMID: 30520554 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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H3N2 canine influenza virus (CIV) originated from avian species and emerged in dogs in Asia around 2005 where it became enzootic before reaching the USA in 2015. To investigate the key aspects of the evolution of H3N2 CIV regarding its emergence and adaptation in the canine host, we conducted an extensive analysis of all publicly available H3N2 CIV sequences spanning a 10-year period. We believe that H3N2 AIVs transferred to canines around 2002-2004. Furthermore, H3N2 CIVs could be divided into seven major clades with strong geographic clustering and some changed sites evidence of adaptive evolution. Most notably, the dN/dS of each H3N2 CIVs segment was higher than the correspondent of H3N2 AIVs and the U content of HA and NA was increasing over time, suggesting the idea that this avian-origin virus may be gradually adapting to the host. Our results provide a framework to elucidate a general mechanism for emergence of novel influenza viruses.
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- Wanting He
- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Pathogen Biology, Taishan Medical College, Taian, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Natural, Applied, and Health Sciences, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Equine and Canine Influenza H3N8 Viruses Show Minimal Biological Differences Despite Phylogenetic Divergence. J Virol 2015; 89:6860-73. [PMID: 25903329 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00521-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The A/H3N8 canine influenza virus (CIV) emerged from A/H3N8 equine influenza virus (EIV) around the year 2000 through the transfer of a single virus from horses to dogs. We defined and compared the biological properties of EIV and CIV by examining their genetic variation, infection, and growth in different cell cultures, receptor specificity, hemagglutinin (HA) cleavage, and infection and growth in horse and dog tracheal explant cultures. Comparison of sequences of viruses from horses and dogs revealed mutations that may be linked to host adaptation and tropism. We prepared infectious clones of representative EIV and CIV strains that were similar to the consensus sequences of viruses from each host. The rescued viruses, including HA and neuraminidase (NA) double reassortants, exhibited similar degrees of long-term growth in MDCK cells. Different host cells showed various levels of susceptibility to infection, but no differences in infectivity were seen when comparing viruses. All viruses preferred α2-3- over α2-6-linked sialic acids for infections, and glycan microarray analysis showed that EIV and CIV HA-Fc fusion proteins bound only to α2-3-linked sialic acids. Cleavage assays showed that EIV and CIV HA proteins required trypsin for efficient cleavage, and no differences in cleavage efficiency were seen. Inoculation of the viruses into tracheal explants revealed similar levels of infection and replication by each virus in dog trachea, although EIV was more infectious in horse trachea than CIV. IMPORTANCE Influenza A viruses can cross species barriers and cause severe disease in their new hosts. Infections with highly pathogenic avian H5N1 virus and, more recently, avian H7N9 virus have resulted in high rates of lethality in humans. Unfortunately, our current understanding of how influenza viruses jump species barriers is limited. Our aim was to provide an overview and biological characterization of H3N8 equine and canine influenza viruses using various experimental approaches, since the canine virus emerged from horses approximately 15 years ago. We showed that although there were numerous genetic differences between the equine and canine viruses, this variation did not result in dramatic biological differences between the viruses from the two hosts, and the viruses appeared phenotypically equivalent in most assays we conducted. These findings suggest that the cross-species transmission and adaptation of influenza viruses may be mediated by subtle changes in virus biology.
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Zhang X, Shen Y, Du L, Wang R, Jiang B, Sun H, Pu J, Lin D, Wang M, Liu J, Sun Y. Serological survey of canine H3N2, pandemic H1N1/09, and human seasonal H3N2 influenza viruses in cats in northern China, 2010-2014. Virol J 2015; 12:50. [PMID: 25889762 PMCID: PMC4391672 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0285-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background The close contact between cats and humans poses a threat to public health because of the potential zoonotic transmission of influenza viruses to humans. Therefore, we examined the seroprevalence of pandemic H1N1/09, canine H3N2, and human H3N2 viruses in pet cats in northern China from 2010 to 2014. Finding Of 1794 serum samples, the seropositivity rates for H1N1/09, canine H3N2, and human H3N2 were 5.7%, 0.7%, and 0.4%, respectively. The seropositivity rate for H1N1/09 in cats was highest in 2010 (8.3%), and then declined continuously thereafter. Cats older than 10 years were most commonly seropositive for the H1N1/09 virus. Conclusions Our findings emphasize the need for continuous surveillance of influenza viruses in cats in China.
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- Xuxiao Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Wang J, Peng Y, Zhao L, Cao M, Hung T, Deng T. Influenza A virus utilizes a suboptimal Kozak sequence to fine-tune virus replication and host response. J Gen Virol 2014; 96:756-766. [PMID: 25519170 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.000030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The segment-specific non-coding regions (NCRs) of influenza A virus RNA genome play important roles in controlling viral RNA transcription, replication and genome packaging. In this report, we present, for the first time to our knowledge, a full view of the segment-specific NCRs of all influenza A viruses by bioinformatics analysis. Our systematic functional analysis revealed that the eight segment-specific NCRs identified could differentially regulate viral RNA synthesis and protein expression at both transcription and translation levels. Interestingly, a highly conserved suboptimal nucleotide at -3 position of the Kozak sequence, which downregulated protein expression at the translation level, was only present in the segment-specific NCR of PB1. By reverse genetics, we demonstrate that recombinant viruses with an optimized Kozak sequence at the -3 position in PB1 resulted in a significant multiple-cycle replication reduction that was independent of PB1-F2 expression. Our detailed dynamic analysis of virus infection revealed that the mutant virus displays slightly altered dynamics from the wild-type virus on both viral RNA synthesis and protein production. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the level of PB1 expression is involved in regulating type I IFN production. Together, these data reveal a novel strategy exploited by influenza A virus to fine-tune virus replication dynamics and host antiviral response through regulating PB1 protein expression.
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- Jingfeng Wang
- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China
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- College of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China
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New insights into the nonconserved noncoding region of the subtype-determinant hemagglutinin and neuraminidase segments of influenza A viruses. J Virol 2014; 88:11493-503. [PMID: 25056889 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01337-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The noncoding regions (NCRs) of the eight-segmented viral RNAs (vRNAs) of influenza A virus consist of the highly conserved promoter region and the nonconserved segment-specific NCRs at both the 3' and 5' ends. The roles of the segment-specific NCRs of the eight segments have been extensively studied. However, the diversities in the same region of the two subtype-determinant hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) segments have received little attention. In this study, we bioinformatically analyzed all available NCRs of HA and NA vRNAs of influenza A viruses and found that nucleotides in the segment-specific NCRs of HA and NA vRNAs are subtype specific and vary significantly in sequence and length at both the 3' and 5' ends among different subtypes. We then systematically studied the biological significance of the HA subtype-specific NCRs (HA ssNCRs) of the common HA subtypes (H1 to H7 and H9) in the context of the WSN (H1N1) reverse genetics system. We found that the HA ssNCRs play a critical role in HA vRNA virion incorporation. Upon HA vRNA incorporation, the 3'-end HA ssNCR plays a more critical role than the 5'-end HA ssNCR, and no stringent compatibility between the two ends is required. Furthermore, our data imply that, in addition to a particular nucleotide(s), the length of the HA ssNCR is involved in regulating HA vRNA incorporation efficiency. These results provide new insights into the HA segment virion incorporation that is critical for the emergence of epidemic and pandemic influenza A virus strains. IMPORTANCE The nonconserved noncoding regions (NCRs) of the vRNAs of influenza A virus have been extensively studied, whereas the diversities in the nonconserved NCRs of the two subtype-determinant segments hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) have received little attention. In this study, we bioinformatically analyzed all available NCRs of HA and NA vRNAs and discovered that the HA and NA vRNAs contain key subtype signatures in the NCRs. Our functional studies of the HA subtype-specific NCRs (HA ssNCRs) of the common HA subtypes in the context of WSN virus (H1N1) demonstrated that the HA ssNCR modulates virus replication efficiency by influencing HA segment virion incorporation. Moreover, we revealed important features of the HA ssNCR in determining HA vRNA incorporation efficiency. These data not only show new genetic characteristics of influenza A viruses, but also provide further evidence for understanding the selective genome packaging of influenza virus required for the emergence of epidemic and pandemic influenza virus strains.
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Petridis D, Zarogoulidis P, Kallianos A, Kioumis I, Trakada G, Spyratos D, Papaiwannou A, Porpodis K, Huang H, Rapti A, Hohenforst-Schmidt W, Zarogoulidis K. Clinical differences between H3N2 and H1N1 influenza 2012 and lower respiratory tract infection found using a statistical classification approach. Ther Clin Risk Manag 2014; 10:77-86. [PMID: 24532970 PMCID: PMC3923611 DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s57429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background Influenza A H1N1 and H3N2 are two influenza waves that have been identified in past years. Methods Data from 77 inpatients from three tertiary hospitals were included and statistical analysis was performed in three different clusters. Results Thirty-four patients (44.2%) had respiratory distress upon admission, 31.2% had a smoking history or were active smokers, 37.7% manifested disease symptoms, and 7.8% were obese (body mass index >41). The mean age of patients was 51.1 years. Cough was the most common symptom observed in 77.9% of the patients, accompanied by sputum production (51.9%) and fatigue (42.9%). Hemoptysis and vomiting were rarely recorded in the patients (9.1% and 16.9%, respectively). Oseltamivir administration varied between 0 and 10 days, giving a mean value of 2.2 days. In particular, 19 patients received no drug, 31 patients received drug for only for 1 day, 19 patients for 5 days, and 8 patients from 2 to 10 days. Conclusion Clusters of symptoms can be used to identify different types of influenza and disease severity. Patients with vaccination had pneumonia, whereas patients without vaccination had influenza A. Patients more than 54.5 years old had H3N2 and patients less than 54.5 years had H1N1. White blood cell count values increased from normal to elevated in H3N2 patients but still remained abnormal in lower tract infection and H1N1 patients.
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- Dimitris Petridis
- Department of Food Technology, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Pulmonary Department, "G Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece ; Department of Interventional Pneumology, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Pulmonary Department, "G Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Division of Pneumonology, Medical School, National University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Pulmonary Department, "G Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Pulmonary Department, "G Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Pulmonary Department, "G Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Changhai Hospital/First Affiliated Hospital of the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- 2nd Pulmonary Department, "Sotiria" Hospital for Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
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- Pulmonary Department, "G Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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