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Sequence Analysis of the Influenza Virus Strain A/Shearwater/Australia/1/72 (H6N5)
Author(s) -
Ward Alister C.,
Harley Vincent R.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01885.x
Subject(s) - biology , shearwater , strain (injury) , virus , pandemic , virology , host (biology) , sequence analysis , gene , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , zoology , genetics , ecology , covid-19 , anatomy , predation , medicine , disease , seabird , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Analysis of the NS and M genes of the archetype H6N5 influenza virus strain A/shearwater/Australia/1/72 shows it to be a typical example of the avian host reservoir, containing Old World/Eurasian internal proteins with divergent surface proteins, which is a potential source of new pandemic strains.