1917 Avian Influenza Virus Sequences Suggest that the 1918 Pandemic Virus Did Not Acquire Its Hemagglutinin Directly from Birds
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- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Virology
- Vol. 76 (15) , 7860-7862
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.76.15.7860-7862.2002
Abstract
Wild waterfowl captured between 1915 and 1919 were tested for influenza A virus RNA. One bird, captured in 1917, was infected with a virus of the same hemagglutinin (HA) subtype as that of the 1918 pandemic virus. The 1917 HA is more closely related to that of modern avian viruses than it is to that of the pandemic virus, suggesting (i) that there was little drift in avian sequences over the past 85 years and (ii) that the 1918 pandemic virus did not acquire its HA directly from a bird.Keywords
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