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H13 influenza viruses in wild birds have undergone genetic and antigenic diversification in nature

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Virus Genes. 2018 May 23. doi: 10.1007/s11262-018-1573-0. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]H13 influenza viruses in wild birds have undergone genetic and antigenic diversification in nature.[/h] Wang ZJ[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kikutani Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Nguyen LT[SUP]1[/SUP], Hiono T[SUP]1[/SUP], Matsuno K[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Okamatsu M[SUP]1[/SUP], Krauss S[SUP]4[/SUP], Webby R[SUP]4[/SUP], Lee YJ[SUP]5[/SUP], Kida H[SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]6[/SUP], Sakoda Y[SUP]7,[/SUP][SUP]8[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Among 16 haemagglutinin (HA) subtypes of avian influenza viruses (AIVs), H13 AIVs have rarely been isolated in wild waterfowl. H13 AIVs cause asymptomatic infection and are maintained mainly in gull and tern populations; however, the recorded antigenic information relating to the viruses has been limited. In this study, 2 H13 AIVs, A/duck/Hokkaido/W345/2012 (H13N2) and A/duck/Hokkaido/WZ68/2012 (H13N2), isolated from the same area in the same year in our surveillance, were genetically and antigenically analyzed with 10 representative H13 strains including a prototype strain, A/gull/Maryland/704/1977 (H13N6). The HA genes of H13 AIVs were phylogenetically divided into 3 groups (I, II, and III). A/duck/Hokkaido/W345/2012 (H13N2) was genetically classified into Group III. This virus was distinct from a prototype strain, A/gull/Maryland/704/1977 (H13N6), and the virus, A/duck/Hokkaido/WZ68/2012 (H13N2), both belonging to Group I. Antigenic analysis indicated that the viruses of Group I were antigenically closely related to those of Group II, but distinct from those of Group III, including A/duck/Hokkaido/W345/2012 (H13N2). In summary, our study indicates that H13 AIVs have undergone antigenic diversification in nature.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Antigenicity; Avian influenza; Genetics; H13 subtype

PMID: 29796944 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-018-1573-0
 
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