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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Gen Virol. 2013 Mar 13. [Epub ahead of print]
Genotype patterns of contemporary reassorted H3N2 virus in U.S. swine.
Kitikoon P, Nelson MI, Killian ML, Anderson TK, Koster L, Culhane MR, Vincent AL.
Source
USDA-ARS-NADC;
Abstract
To understand the evolution of swine-origin H3N2v influenza viruses that have infected 320 humans in the U.S. since August 2011, we performed a phylogenetic analysis at a whole genome scale of North American swine influenza viruses (n = 200). All viral isolates evolved from the prototypical North American H3 cluster 4 (c4), with evidence for further diversification into sub-clusters. At least ten distinct reassorted H3N2/pandemic H1N1 (rH3N2p) genotypes were identified in swine. Genotype 1 (G1) was most frequently detected in swine and all human H3N2v viruses clustered within a single G1 clade. These data suggest that the genetic requirements for transmission to humans may be restricted to a specific subset of swine viruses. Mutations at putative antigenic sites as well as reduced serologic cross-reactivity among the H3 sub-clusters suggest antigenic drift of these contemporary viruses.
PMID:
23486664
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23486664
Genotype patterns of contemporary reassorted H3N2 virus in U.S. swine.
Kitikoon P, Nelson MI, Killian ML, Anderson TK, Koster L, Culhane MR, Vincent AL.
Source
USDA-ARS-NADC;
Abstract
To understand the evolution of swine-origin H3N2v influenza viruses that have infected 320 humans in the U.S. since August 2011, we performed a phylogenetic analysis at a whole genome scale of North American swine influenza viruses (n = 200). All viral isolates evolved from the prototypical North American H3 cluster 4 (c4), with evidence for further diversification into sub-clusters. At least ten distinct reassorted H3N2/pandemic H1N1 (rH3N2p) genotypes were identified in swine. Genotype 1 (G1) was most frequently detected in swine and all human H3N2v viruses clustered within a single G1 clade. These data suggest that the genetic requirements for transmission to humans may be restricted to a specific subset of swine viruses. Mutations at putative antigenic sites as well as reduced serologic cross-reactivity among the H3 sub-clusters suggest antigenic drift of these contemporary viruses.
PMID:
23486664
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23486664