Antigenic and genetic variations in European and North American equine influenza virus strains (H3N8) isolated from 2006 to 2007

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 41-52

  Bryant, Neil A ^a   Rash, Adam S ^a   Russell, Colin A ^b,f   Ross, Julie ^a   Cooke, Annie ^a   Bowman, Samantha ^a   MacRae, Shona ^a   Lewis, Nicola S ^b,f   Paillot, Romain ^a   Zanoni, Reto ^c   Meier, Hanspeter ^d   Griffiths, Lowri A ^a   Daly, Janet M ^a   Tiwari, Ashish ^e   Chambers, Thomas M ^e   Newton, J Richard ^a   Elton, Debra M ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine influenza virus; H3N8; Surveillance; Vaccine strain selection

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTES; EUROPE; GENES, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; LUNG DISEASES; NASOPHARYNX; NORTH AMERICA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EQUIDAE; EQUINE INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 67349178626     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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