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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
The antigenic properties of H3N8 equine influenza virus from the Swedish epizootic of 1991 differ from those of A/eq 2/Fontainebleau/79 (representative of the Swedish vaccine strain) in hemagglutination inhibition tests. The amino acid sequence of the hemagglutinin (HA) of an isolate from the 1991 outbreak was deduced from the nucleotide sequence and comparison was made to the A/eq 2/Fontainebleau/79 strain. Twenty-three amino acid substitutions were found, 10 mapping onto areas of the HA known to bind antibodies in human H3 influenza viruses. The amino acid changes together with the serological data suggest that a major antigenic drift has taken place in equine H3N8 viruses in Sweden and we conclude that recent strains of the virus must be incorporated into vaccines on a regular basis if epizootics of equine influenza are to be controlled in the future.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0168-1702
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:geneSymbol
HA
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
263-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Antigens, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Disease Outbreaks, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Genes, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Hemagglutinins, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Horse Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Horses, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Influenza A virus, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Orthomyxoviridae Infections, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7688488-Sweden
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Equine influenza virus from the 1991 Swedish epizootic shows major genetic and antigenic divergence from the prototype virus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't