There was a large influenza outbreak in cats in a New York animal shelter.
The strain involved in this outbreak was an H7N2 avian influenza virus that had been identified in birds and a small number of humans in the early 2000s
The was a veterinarian who had collected samples from clinically normal cats at the shelter during the outbreak and subsequently developed influenza-like illness (eg, sore throat, muscle pain, cough).
When the virus was sequenced, human and feline isolates were found to be closely related to H7N2 strains that had been circulating in birds in the northeastern United States in the early 2000s.
Although H7N2 is considered an avian influenza strain, feline and human isolates had changes in their genomes that enhanced the ability of the virus to attach to the mammalian respiratory tract and increase the risk for intramammal transmission.
Although this strain had not been identified in the United States between the early 2000s and 2016, the genetic changes (ie, drift) present as compared with older strains suggest that it has continued to circulate, likely in wild birds.
Translation..
H2N2 is considered the Bird Flu
Jumped species
Infected some cats
Which infected a Veterinarian
