The emergence of the novel avian influenza virus (H10N3) in China, 2020–a cause for concern?

Previous studies have shown that the prevalence of avian influenza virus (AIV) severely impacts poultry farming. Even worse, AIV can infect mammals to threaten human health.1 H10 sub-serotype AIV, a low pathogenic strain, which is mainly present in wild waterfowl and infecting wild birds, can also infect a variety of poultry and mammals, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, pigs, mink, etc.1,2 Recently, the emergence of the novel avian influenza virus (H10N3) in China had raised public health concerns globally, and Wang et al.