Diverse wild bird H9N2 influenza virus genes elevate the virulence of an H7N9 virus
An H7N9 virus bearing wild-bird H9N2 virus PB1 gene (r2) kills mice and chickens
The reassortant virus r2 is not transmitted by respiratory droplets in guinea pigs
The reassortant r2 acquires airborne mammalian transmissibility by substitutions