A New Avian Influenza Virus from Feral Birds in the USSR: Recombination in Nature?Show Full Record1863
Source:
Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 1974;51(4):325-32.
Resource Type(s):
Journal (Articles)
Searchable Keywords:
AnimalsAvian influenzaBirdsGenetic recombinationInfluenza A VirusMicrobiologySerotypingUSSR
Abstract:
From abstract (free full-text available): Six avian influenza A viruses isolated in the USSR were chaaracterized antigenically by using specific antisera to the isolated surface subunits of the known reference strains. Three of the viruses, all isolated from the same region, were characterized as A/duck/Ukraine/63 (Hav7 Neq2), and a virus isolated from a crow was of the Hong Kong/68 (H3 N2) type. The remaining two viruses were novel in that they possessed
Hav7 Nav2 antigens, a combination that ...