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The number of H7N9 bird flu cases was high and the situation was grim in guizhou province in 2017. To understand the molecular characteristics of the hemagglutinin gene (HA) and the risk of human infection with avian influenza virus A(H7N9) in Guizhou Province, 2017. Homology, genetic evolution and pivotal sites related to receptor binding regions, pathogenicity and potential glycosylation of 14 avian influenza viruses A(H7N9) were analyzed by a series of bioinformation softwares. It was cleared that there was 95.9%-100% similarity among 14 strains in nucleotide of the HA gene, and there were 96.8%-97.8% and 96.8%-97.9% similarities with vaccine strains A/Shanghai/2/2013 and A/Anhui/1/2013 recommended by WHO, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis showed that 14 HA genes were directly evolved in the Yangtze River Delta evolution branch, but they could be derived from five diffenrent strains. Then 13 of 14 strains cleavage site sequences of HA protein revealed they were low pathogenic avian influenza viruses, while A/Guizhou-Weining/CSY01/2017 was high pathogenic avian influenza virus. Mutation G186V at the receptor binding sites in the HA was found in all 14 strains, and mutation Q226L in 13 strains besides A/Guizhou-Weining/CSY01/2017. All five potential glycosylation motifs in the HA were conservative.
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Objective To understand the iodine nutrition of children in Qiandongnan and to provide the scientific evidence for prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). Methods The 3200 urinary samples of pupils aged 8-10 were collected from 80 primary schools in 16 county and city in Qiandongnan in 2006. The urinary iodine content was tested by colorimetric ceric-arsenic assay and vitriolic ammonium assimilation. Results The median of urinary iodine content in children samples was 362.9?g/L, the percentage of urinary iodine( ≥100?g/L) was 98.00%, in which ≥300?g/L was 65.31%, the percentage of urinary iodine(