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- Title
Characterization of an avian influenza A (H5N1) virus isolated from a child with a fatal respiratory illness.
- Authors
Subbarao, K; Klimov, A; Katz, J; Regnery, H; Lim, W; Hall, H; Perdue, M; Swayne, D; Bender, C; Huang, J; Hemphill, M; Rowe, T; Shaw, M; Xu, X; Fukuda, K; Cox, N
- Abstract
An avian H5N1 influenza A virus (A/Hong Kong/156/97) was isolated from a tracheal aspirate obtained from a 3-year-old child in Hong Kong with a fatal illness consistent with influenza. Serologic analysis indicated the presence of an H5 hemagglutinin. All eight RNA segments were derived from an avian influenza A virus. The hemagglutinin contained multiple basic amino acids adjacent to the cleavage site, a feature characteristic of highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses. The virus caused 87.5 to 100 percent mortality in experimentally inoculated White Plymouth Rock and White Leghorn chickens. These results may have implications for global influenza surveillance and planning for pandemic influenza.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 1998, Vol 279, Issue 5349, p393
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.279.5349.393