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Carles Martínez-Romero1, Erik de Vries, Alan Belicha-Villanueva, Ignacio Mena, Donna M Tscherne, Virginia L Gillespie, Randy A Albrecht, Cornelis A M de Haan, Adolfo García-Sastre.
Abstract
We report that swine influenza virus-like substitutions T200A and E227A in the hemagglutinin (HA) of the 2009 pandemic influenza virus alter its pathogenesis and transmission. Viral replication is increased in mammalian cells. Infected mice show increased disease as measured by weight loss and lethality. Transmission in ferrets is decreased in the presence of both substitutions, suggesting that amino acids 200T and 227E are adaptive changes in the HA of swine origin influenza viruses associated with increased transmission and decreased pathogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23536663 PMCID: PMC3648128 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00262-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103