Abstract |
H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has been endemic in poultry in Egypt since 2008, notwithstanding the implementation of mass vaccination and culling of infected birds. Extensive circulation of the virus has resulted in a progressive genetic evolution and an antigenic drift. In poultry, the occurrence of antigenic drift in avian influenza viruses is less well documented and the mechanisms remain to be clarified. To test the hypothesis that H5N1 antigenic drift is driven by mechanisms similar to type A influenza viruses in humans, we generated reassortant viruses, by reverse genetics, that harbored molecular changes identified in genetically divergent viruses circulating in the vaccinated population. Parental and reassortant phenotype viruses were antigenically analyzed by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test and microneutralization (MN) assay. The results of the study indicate that the antigenic drift of H5N1 in poultry is driven by multiple mutations primarily occurring in major antigenic sites at the receptor binding subdomain, similarly to what has been described for human influenza H1 and H3 subtype viruses.
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Authors | Giovanni Cattoli, Adelaide Milani, Nigel Temperton, Bianca Zecchin, Alessandra Buratin, Eleonora Molesti, Mona Meherez Aly, Abdel Arafa, Ilaria Capua |
Journal | Journal of virology
(J Virol)
Vol. 85
Issue 17
Pg. 8718-24
(Sep 2011)
ISSN: 1098-5514 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 21734057
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antigens, Viral
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus
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Topics |
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral
(genetics, immunology)
- Egypt
- Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus
(genetics, immunology)
- Humans
- Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype
(genetics, immunology, isolation & purification)
- Influenza in Birds
(immunology, virology)
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation, Missense
- Neutralization Tests
- Poultry
- Reassortant Viruses
(genetics, immunology)
- Sequence Alignment
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