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Antibodies to Human‐Related H3 Influenza A Virus in Baikal Seals ( Phoca sibirica ) and Ringed Seals ( Phoca hispida ) in Russia
Author(s) -
Ohishi Kazue,
Kishida Noriko,
Ninomiya Ai,
Kida Hiroshi,
Takada Yoshitake,
Miyazaki Nobuyuki,
Boltunov Andrei N.,
Maruyama Tadashi
Publication year - 2004
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.1348-0421.2004.tb03610.x
Subject(s) - phoca , biology , seal (emblem) , virus , marine mammal , zoology , antibody , harbor seal , virology , ecology , immunology , geography , archaeology
Antibodies to influenza A virus were detected using enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the sera from two of seven Baikal seals ( Phoca sibrica ) and from five of six ringed seals ( Phoca hispida ) in Russia. In a hemagglutination‐inhibition test using H1–H15 reference influenza A viruses, ELISA‐positive sera from one Baikal seal and four ringed seals reacted to A/Aichi/2/68 (H3N2) and A/Bangkok/1/79 (H3N2) strains. One ringed seal serum sample reacted to A/seal/Massachusetts/1/80 (H7N7). The present results suggested that human‐related H3 viruses were prevalent in Baikal seals and ringed seals inhabiting the central Russian Arctic.

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