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Infect Genet Evol. 2014 Apr 3. pii: S1567-1348(14)00119-1. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.03.026. [Epub ahead of print]
The genome of an influenza virus from a pilot whale: Relation to influenza viruses of gulls and marine mammals.
Groth M1, Lange J2, Kanrai P3, Pleschka S3, Scholtissek C3, Krumbholz A4, Platzer M1, Sauerbrei A2, Zell R5.
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Abstract
Influenza virus A/whale/Maine/328B/1984 (H13N2) was isolated from a diseased pilot whale. Since only a partial sequence was available, its complete genome was sequenced and compared to the sequences of subtype H13 influenza viruses from shorebirds and various influenza viruses of marine mammals. The data reveal a rare genotype constellation with all gene segments derived of an influenza virus adapted to gulls, terns and waders. In contrast, the phylogenetic trees indicate that the majority of influenza viruses isolated from marine mammals derived from influenza viruses adapted to geese and ducks. We conclude that A/whale/Maine/328B/1984 is the first record of an infection of a marine mammal from a gull-origin influenza virus.
Copyright ? 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
Avian influenza virus, Influenza virus ecology, Pinnipeds, Whale
PMID:
24704761
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24704761
The genome of an influenza virus from a pilot whale: Relation to influenza viruses of gulls and marine mammals.
Groth M1, Lange J2, Kanrai P3, Pleschka S3, Scholtissek C3, Krumbholz A4, Platzer M1, Sauerbrei A2, Zell R5.
Author information
Abstract
Influenza virus A/whale/Maine/328B/1984 (H13N2) was isolated from a diseased pilot whale. Since only a partial sequence was available, its complete genome was sequenced and compared to the sequences of subtype H13 influenza viruses from shorebirds and various influenza viruses of marine mammals. The data reveal a rare genotype constellation with all gene segments derived of an influenza virus adapted to gulls, terns and waders. In contrast, the phylogenetic trees indicate that the majority of influenza viruses isolated from marine mammals derived from influenza viruses adapted to geese and ducks. We conclude that A/whale/Maine/328B/1984 is the first record of an infection of a marine mammal from a gull-origin influenza virus.
Copyright ? 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
Avian influenza virus, Influenza virus ecology, Pinnipeds, Whale
PMID:
24704761
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24704761