Passaging impact of H9N2 avian influenza virus in hamsters on its pathogenicity and genetic variability
Author(s) -
Houssam Shaib,
N. Cochet,
Thierry Ribeiro,
Afif M. Abdel Nour,
Georges Nemer,
Esam I. Azhar,
Archana Iyer,
Taha Kumosani,
Steve Harakeh,
Elie K. Barbour
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.4023
Subject(s) - virology , biology , neuraminidase , virus , hamster , hemagglutinin (influenza) , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , microbiology and biotechnology
Avian influenza viruses of the H9N2 subtype have been reported to cause human infections. This study demonstrates the impact of nasal viral passaging of avian H9N2 in hamsters on its cross species-pathogenic adaptability and variability of amino acid sequences of the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) stalk.
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