Confusing reports about influenza A virus in Argentina as (not)different from U.S. y M?xico and Mexico

[wotan]

The influenza A virus in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region> is different from <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Mexico</st1lace></st1:country-region> <o></o>

Health Minister Juan Luis Manzur, announcing in minutes that Malbr?n and scientists decode the genome, is the step prior to vaccine development<o></o>
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Health Minister Juan Luis Manzur, announcing in minutes that scientists at the Institute Malbr?n and decode the genome of influenza A viruses circulating in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Argentina</st1lace></st1:country-region>.

According to sources ahead of the portfolio lanacion.com health, genetic code differs from that circulated in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Mexico</st1lace></st1:country-region> and United States

It's the preliminary step to develop the vaccine, as detailed the minister of Science and Technology, Lino Bara?ao days ago, in charge of national laboratories.

"It is calling for domestic companies to develop a vaccine to be applied in 2010 and this year does not make sense to have it because the epidemic is in decline," he said last week Bara?ao.

Spanish language link: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1153678&pid=6929999&toi=6476

 

[St Michael]

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According to sources ahead of the portfolio lanacion.com health, genetic code differs from that circulated in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Mexico</st1lace></st1:country-region> and United States

It's the preliminary step to develop the vaccine, as detailed the minister of Science and Technology, Lino Bara?ao days ago, in charge of national laboratories.

"It is calling for domestic companies to develop a vaccine to be applied in 2010 and this year does not make sense to have it because the epidemic is in decline," he said last week Bara?ao.

Spanish language link: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1153678&pid=6929999&toi=6476

Anyone find anything more about this?

 

[theforeigner]

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The influenza A virus in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region> is different from <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Mexico</st1lace></st1:country-region> <o></o>

Health Minister Juan Luis Manzur, announcing in minutes that Malbrán and scientists decode the genome, is the step prior to vaccine development<o></o>
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Health Minister Juan Luis Manzur, announcing in minutes that scientists at the Institute Malbrán and decode the genome of influenza A viruses circulating in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Argentina</st1lace></st1:country-region>.

According to sources ahead of the portfolio lanacion.com health, genetic code differs from that circulated in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Mexico</st1lace></st1:country-region> and United States

It's the preliminary step to develop the vaccine, as detailed the minister of Science and Technology, Lino Barañao days ago, in charge of national laboratories.

"It is calling for domestic companies to develop a vaccine to be applied in 2010 and this year does not make sense to have it because the epidemic is in decline," he said last week Barañao.

Spanish language link: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1153678&pid=6929999&toi=6476

"genetic code differs from that circulated in Mexico and United States"

Does that mean the virus has mutated?

 

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It's impossible to know until we have the sequences. This could be a minor difference, or this could be nothing at all. Then again, this could also explain the apparent difference in severity. But without sequences, no one knows.

 

[Rwilmer]

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This one here says no mutation:

INTERVIEW - Argentine H1N1 flu outbreak starting to ease
Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:38am IST
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - An outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus is starting to ease in Argentina after killing more than 160 people at the start of the southern hemisphere winter, the health minister said on Wednesday.

The new flu strain, which emerged in Mexico and the United States earlier this year, spread quickly in Argentina. Health officials have closed schools and urged people to avoid crowded places to try to control it.

Health Minister Juan Manzur, who took office at the height of the swine flu outbreak, said the number of patient queries and hospital admissions had fallen by up to 35 percent.

"When we compare (the situation) to 15 days ago, we're better today. That doesn't mean we're fine; the alert continues," Manzur told Reuters in an interview. Argentina is the worst-hit country in South America.

He said the H1N1 strain had shown no signs of mutating or of developing resistance to medication, but had become the most dominant flu virus in the country of 40 million where around 1 million people catch the flu every year.

"It's superseded the rest of the viruses. One of its characteristics is rapid transmission; it spreads quickly," he added.

Argentine analysts have said total economic losses from the outbreak could reach $2.5 billion as consumer spending drops. The tourism sector has been particularly hard hit, as foreign travelers worried about exposure cancel trips.

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-41247020090722

 

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They're probably talking about a minor change then. But the actual Spanish in the first article says that an announce from Malbran will be coming in minutes. That should tell us more.

It is also possible that this is a reference to seasonal flu and not Pandemic. The term "H1N1" does not appear in that article at all.

 

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One of its characteristics is rapid transmission; it spreads quickly," he added.

Sounds like the same strain Vietnam has been enduring the past 3-4 days.

 

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http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/20-128672-2009-07-22.html

The genome of influenza virus A "argentina" is similar to the rest of the world
El Ministerio de Salud inform? que el genoma del virus de la gripe A H1N1 que existe en la Argentina "no es m?s patog?nico" que el que circula en el resto del mundo. The Ministry of Health reported that the genome of influenza virus A H1N1 that exists in Argentina "is pathogenic" that circulates throughout the world. Este nuevo dato "acerca informaci?n para la elaboraci?n de una vacuna", afirm? el interventor del Instituto Malbr?n, Gustavo R?os. This new data "for information about the development of a vaccine," said the Financial Institute Malbr?n, Gustavo Rios.






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Seg?n la secuenciaci?n obtenida por los especialistas, el virus registrado en el pa?s "no tiene diferencias significativas" con el detectado en otras partes del mundo, una revelaci?n "muy importante" porque las cepas servir?n para que los laboratorios avancen en la elaboraci?n de medicamentos. According to the sequence obtained by the experts, the virus in the country "has no significant differences" with the detected elsewhere in the world, a revelation "very important" because the strains used for laboratories to move forward in the development of medicines.

El genoma investigado fue tomado de dos pacientes, uno de ellos afectado por un caso "grave" de gripe A y otro "leve", a "comienzos de junio", cuando la enfermedad present? un n?mero "mayor" de contagios en la zona metropolitana. The genome research was taken from two patients, one affected by a "serious" influenza A and other "mild" to "early June, when the disease showed a" greater "contagion in the metropolitan area .

El estudio, adem?s, permiti? saber que el virus detectado en la Argentina no present? "resistencia" a los antivirales recetados por los m?dicos como tratamiento para las personas que padecen la enfermedad. The study also helped to know that the virus found in Argentina did not provide resistance to antiviral drugs prescribed by doctors as a treatment for people suffering from the disease.

La identificaci?n del genoma fue anunciada a la prensa por el viceministro de Salud, Fernando Avellaneda, el interventor del Malbr?n, Gustavo R?os, y la cient?fica Elsa Baumeister, que estuvo a cargo de la investigaci?n. Identification of the genome was announced to the press by the Deputy Minister of Health, Fernando Avellaneda, the auditor's Malbr?n, Gustavo Rios, scientific and Elsa Baumeister, who was in charge of the investigation.

"Se trata de una informaci?n central para (la elaboraci?n de) la vacuna, que se trata, sin embargo, de un proceso complejo que requiere de pasos t?cnicos. Con esta identificaci?n se puede asimilar la situaci?n virol?gica del pa?s", explic? R?os. "This is an information center for (developing) the vaccine, which is, however, a complex process that requires technical steps. With this identification can assimilate the virological status of the country," said Rios.

El virus que afecta a la Argentina "es muy semejante" a otros registrados en naciones como M?xico y Estados Unidos, donde se revelaron los primeros casos de la enfermedad a mediados de abril, coment? Baumeister. The virus that affects the Argentina "is very similar" to other nations as in Mexico and United States, which revealed the first cases of the disease in mid-April, said Baumeister.

Los cient?ficos adelantaron que trabajan sobre otras siete cepas de virus identificados en el pa?s "para completar el genoma a la brevedad" para observar si hay diferencias con las ya identificados. Scientists anticipated that work on seven other strains of virus identified in the country "to complete the genome to quickly" to see if there are differences with those already identified.

El estudio tambi?n permiti? determinar que el virus no present? resistencia al antiviral Oseltamivir, utilizado para el tratamiento de la enfermedad. The study also revealed that the virus did not provide resistance to the antiviral oseltamivir, used to treat the disease.

La informaci?n obtenida por los especialistas del Malbr?n ser? puesta a disposici?n de la Organizaci?n Mundial de Salud (OMS) y la Organizaci?n Panamericana de Salud (OPS) para la elaboraci?n de una vacuna "eficaz" en la prevenci?n. The information collected by specialists Malbr?n be made available to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to develop a vaccine effective in prevention.

"La identificaci?n del genoma ser? un 'insumo b?sico' para los laboratorios y tambi?n para los m?dicos, que tendr?n informaci?n clave para el tratamiento de pacientes graves", expres? el viceministro Avellaneda. "The identification of the genome will be a 'basic input' to the laboratories and for physicians, who have key information for the treatment of critically ill patients," said the deputy Avellaneda.

 

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The genome of influenza virus A "argentina" is similar to the rest of the world 20:14> A PRELIMINARY STEP TO VACCINE
Mi?rcoles, 22 de julio de 2009

The Ministry of Health reported that the genome of influenza virus A H1N1 that exists in Argentina "is pathogenic" that circulates throughout the world. This new data "for information about the development of a vaccine," said the Financial Institute Malbr?n, Gustavo Rios.









According to the sequence obtained by the experts, the virus in the country "has no significant differences" with the detected elsewhere in the world, a revelation "very important" because the strains used for laboratories to move forward in the development of medicines.

The genome research was taken from two patients, one affected by a "serious" influenza A and other "mild" to "early June, when the disease showed a" greater "contagion in the metropolitan area .

The study also helped to know that the virus found in Argentina did not provide resistance to antiviral drugs prescribed by doctors as a treatment for people suffering from the disease.

Identification of the genome was announced to the press by the Deputy Minister of Health, Fernando Avellaneda, the auditor's Malbr?n, Gustavo Rios, scientific and Elsa Baumeister, who was in charge of the investigation.

"This is an information center for (developing) the vaccine, which is, however, a complex process that requires technical steps. With this identification can assimilate the virological status of the country," said Rios.

The virus that affects the Argentina "is very similar" to other nations as in Mexico and United States, which revealed the first cases of the disease in mid-April, said Baumeister.

Scientists anticipated that work on seven other strains of virus identified in the country "to complete the genome to quickly" to see if there are differences with those already identified.

The study also revealed that the virus did not provide resistance to the antiviral oseltamivir, used to treat the disease.

The information collected by specialists Malbr?n be made available to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to develop a vaccine effective in prevention.

"The identification of the genome will be a 'basic input' to the laboratories and for physicians, who have key information for the treatment of critically ill patients," said the deputy Avellaneda. :tiphat:
http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/20-128672-2009-07-22.html

 

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http://www.chacas.com.ar/noticia.php?nota=15329

Argentina is "your" influenza A [I translate this as "Argentina has "its" influenza A].

Argentina y una particular influenza A. Argentina and a particular influenza A.
El Ministro de Salud -Juan Manzur- afirm? hoy que el virus que circula en el pa?s es diferente al que afecta a ciudadanos de Estados Unidos y M?xico. The Minister of Health, Juan Manzur, said today that the virus circulating in the country is different from that which affects people of United States and Mexico. Tras descubrir el genoma, la posibilidad de desarrollar una vacuna es cada vez m?s cercana. After discovering the genome, the possibility of developing a vaccine is ever closer.
El Ministro de Salud de la Naci?n -Juan Manzur- tiene todo listo para anunciar en algunas horas m?s que el Instituto Malbr?n ya descifr? el genoma del virus de la influenza A H1N1 que circula en la Argentina, el cual no se parece al que circula en M?xico y Estados Unidos. The Minister of Health of the Nation-Juan Manzur, is ready to announce in a few hours more than the Institute Malbr?n and decode the genome of influenza virus A H1N1 circulating in Argentina, which does not seem to be moving in Mexico and United States.

Este fundamental descubrimiento permitir? el inmediato desarrollo de una dosis para combatir la enfermedad. This fundamental discovery will enable the immediate development of a dose to combat the disease. ?Se complet? la caracter?stica gen?tica del H1N1 que circula en el pa?s, lo cual nos da las certezas del virus y nos permite comparar con informaci?n disponible en otras partes del mundo", afirm? en Radio 10 el doctor Gustavo R?os, titular del Instituto Malbr?n. "We completed the genetic characteristic of H1N1 circulating in the country, which gives us the certainty of the virus and allows us to compare with data available in other parts of the world," he said on Radio 10 Dr. Gustavo Rios, head of the Institute Malbr?n.

Por otra parte, desde la cartera sanitaria indicaron que las caracter?sticas de las secuencias obtenidas permiten decir que el virus que circula en el pa?s "se parece a los que se aislaron en otros lugares". Moreover, from the health portfolio indicated that the characteristics of the sequences obtained show that the virus circulating in the country "seems to be isolated in other places."

Por ?ltimo, R?os asegur? que la revelaci?n hecha permitir? "predecir la probabilidad de enfermar as? como saber la resistencia a antivirales". Finally, Rios said that the disclosure will enable "predict the likelihood of disease and resistance to antiviral know."

 

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Posts 8 and 9 are identical.

 

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The mention of vaccine in the first article might mean that the statement has something to do with this:

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/7131

H1N1 InfluenzaSmaller|LargerSendPrintMore newsH1N1 influenza outbreak
Manzur 'afraid that rich countries monopolize the H1N1 vaccine'

Health Minister Juan Manzur.

Argentine Health Minister Juan Manzur admitted that there is a "fear" growing among the Latin American countries for rich countries to monopolize the production of H1N1 vaccines.
"We want to be taken into account but we don't know if we'll get a guaranteed minimum amount of vaccines," Manzur told reporters in a press conference.

The Minister admitted that, together with his Latin-American colleagues, they "are afraid that rich countries will buy everything and let the countries with less buying power without vaccine."

Manzur explained that during the coming Mercosur summit, on Thursday and Friday, Health Ministers will think of a strategy for a guaranteed access to the vaccine, through the Pan-American Health Organization.

The Health Minister added that Argentine President Cristina Fern?ndez de Kirchner will send a letter to the director of the PAHO, Argentine Mirta Roses, to ask her to include Argentina in the Rotary Fund for Vaccine Purchase. Created in 1977, this fund allows the organization to organize the purchase of vaccines in the name of the member countries.

"We know that Brazil has the infrastructure and technology capacity to develop a vaccine. We are also going to analyze the possibility of working together on this," Manzur concluded.





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http://www.rosarionet.com.ar/rnet/nacionales/notas.vsp?nid=45859

CIENTIFICOS DEL INSTITUTO MALBRAN REALIZARON LA CARACTERIZACION GEN?MICA DEL VIRUS DE INFLUENZA A(H1N1) QUE CIRCULA EN LA ARGENTINA

Se trata de la primera decodificaci?n de este virus en nuestro pa?s, que coincide con el que est? circulando en el hemisferio norte. Los datos obtenidos ser?n puestos a disposici?n de la Organizaci?n Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) y de la Organizaci?n Mundial de la Salud (OMS).

Cient?ficos del Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, dependiente de la Administraci?n Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud (ANLIS) ?Carlos Malbr?n?, lograron decodificar el genoma completo de dos virus aislados de influenza A H1N1 provenientes de los casos de enfermedad respiratoria grave que est?n ocurriendo en la actualidad en la Argentina, los que no registran diferencias con otros que circulan actualmente en el hemisferio norte.

Las secuencias virales obtenidas ser?n puestas a disposici?n de las autoridades sanitarias nacionales pertinentes, de la Organizaci?n Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) y de la Organizaci?n Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para la elaboraci?n de una vacuna eficaz en la prevenci?n de esta enfermedad.

?Lo que descubrieron los especialistas de ANLIS-Malbr?n es que con este genoma completo, no encuentran diferencias significativas con los genomas encontrados en otras partes del mundo como para decir que este virus es distinto?, explic? el Dr. Fernando Avellaneda, secretario de Pol?ticas, Regulaci?n e Institutos de la cartera sanitaria nacional.

El funcionario formul? declaraciones en la sede del ministerio luego de presentar los resultados de la investigaci?n, oportunidad en la que estuvo acompa?ado por el interventor del Malbr?n, Dr. Gustavo R?os, la directora del Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Dra. Viviana Molina, y la Dra. Elsa Baumeister, integrante del Departamento de Virolog?a de esa instituci?n.

Avellaneda destac? que el trabajo de los investigadores ?es muy importante porque tambi?n sirve de insumo b?sico para identificar la cantidad de cepas que tiene la Organizaci?n Mundial de la Salud, que es la que le provee la informaci?n a los laboratorios para que puedan producir las vacunas?.

A?adi? que la revelaci?n tambi?n ?le sirve de insumo b?sico a los m?dicos en la asistencia diaria, sobre todo a los que atienden pacientes graves, para entender que est?n ante el mismo virus pero con un paciente distinto que sufre consecuencias distintas por cosas que hoy, todav?a no est?n tan claras?.

 

[Rwilmer]

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There seems to be some discrepensies in the articles, is it different or the same?

 

[HenryN]

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The genome of influenza virus A "argentina" is similar to the rest of the world 20:14> A PRELIMINARY STEP TO VACCINE
Miércoles, 22 de julio de 2009


Scientists anticipated that work on seven other strains of virus identified in the country "to complete the genome to quickly" to see if there are differences with those already identified.

http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/20-128672-2009-07-22.html

This could be the seven other gene segments. They may only have HA (or NA).

 

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There seems to be some discrepensies in the articles, is it different or the same?

My gut feeling from reading the original Spanish, is that the "difference" is that this virus was isolated in an Argentinian lab, not an American or Mexican one. I trust Mr. Mansur's direct quotes more than the first article in this thread.

 

[Rwilmer]

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Mr. Mansur's quote says what? The viruses are the same???

 

[HenryN]

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The minutes are online, but I don't recall where I saw them. Here is the official press release:

SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS Malbran MADE THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE VIRUS OF INFLUENZA A (H1N1) circulating in LA ARGENTINA
22/7/2009



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This is the first decoding of the virus in our country, which coincides with that is circulating in the northern hemisphere. The data obtained will be made available to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Scientists at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, a branch of the National Laboratories and Institutes of Health (ANLIS) "Carlos Malbrán," managed to decode the complete genome of two influenza A virus H1N1 isolated from cases of severe respiratory illness that are happening at present in Argentina, where no differences with other currently circulating in the northern hemisphere.

The viral sequences obtained will be made available to relevant national health authorities, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop a vaccine effective in preventing this disease.

"What we discovered specialists ANLIS-Malbrán that this genome is complete, do not find significant differences between the genomes found in other parts of the world as to say that this virus is different," explained Dr. Fernando Avellaneda, secretary Policy , Regulation and institutes of national health portfolio.

The official statements made at the ministry after presenting the results of the investigation, during which he was joined by the controller of the Malbrán, Dr. Gustavo Rios, director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Viviana Molina, and Dr. Elsa Baumeister, member of the Department of Virology in that institution.

Avellaneda highlighted the work of researchers is very important because it also serves as a basic input to identify the amount of strain that has the World Health Organization, the one that provides information to the laboratories to enable them to produce vaccines .

He added that disclosure also serves as a basic input to physicians in daily attendance, especially those that serve seriously ill patients to understand that they are faced with the same virus but with a different patient who suffers consequences for different things today, are not yet so clear. "



Background research



Early last May, and from the identification of the first positive case of Influenza A (H1N1) recorded in Argentina, began to work on the characterization of the genome of these viruses, from the collection of sequences of the segments HA, NA, NS and M seven virus recovered in cell cultures.

Preliminary analysis of the sequences obtained, we infer that the virus circulating in Argentina has a low number of changes of amino acids, when the comparison with other viruses circulating in other parts of the world. Was not detected nor the presence of changes that might confer resistance to antiviral Oseltamivir is used to treat the disease.

The professionals who are part of the Department of Virology Institute Malbrán, led by Dr. Elsa Baumeister, responsible for this research, with the cooperation of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University (USA) and also with the cooperation of private companies (Quintiles and Roche 454 Life Sciences). Both research centers are part of networks of WHO and PAHO to study these viruses. The studies also took part, Dr. Ian Lipkin, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University and Columbia Dr. Viviana Molina, Director, INEI-ANLIS.

Through the rapid collaboration among public health institutions, academic and private, are able to obtain results that may be used as a basis to try to respond to the concerns generated in the severity of the influenza epidemic in Argentina.

According to virologists who worked on the investigation will be necessary to obtain a greater number of genomes and pathogenicity studies in models of cell cultures and animals to get a definitive answer as to the pathogenicity of the strains circulating in our country .

This information is preliminary results achieved within a broader project working between two institutions which provides for the molecular study of more strains obtained during the outbreak and in particular cases of severe or fatal.

http://www.msal.gov.ar/htm/Site/noticias_plantilla.asp?Id=1496

 

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Mr. Mansur's quote says what? The viruses are the same???

Sorry. Wrong scientist. That was said by Dr. Rios, from the Malbran lab itself, who is probably a better source that even Mr. Mansur. (Or should hat be Dr. Mansur?)

And Dr. Niman's (now I know HE is a Dr.) article above agrees.

 

[HenryN]

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This could be the seven other gene segments. They may only have HA (or NA).

Press release makes it clear that several gene segemnts were sequenced, and the virus is Argentina is essentually the same as the virus isolated worldwide, with no "obvious" differences.