Isolation of an influenza virus, similar to A/Port Chalmers/1/73 (H3N2) from a common murre at Sakhalin Island in U.S.S.R. (Strain A/common murre/Sakhalin/1/74)

Arch Virol. 1977;53(1-2):1-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01314842.

Abstract

An influenza A virus isolated from the cloaca of a common murre was characterized antigenically as H3N2 and was most closely related to the A/Port Chalmers/1/73 strain. Serological studies of sera collected from common murres in the area of virus isolation showed that 21 per cent of the birds had antibodies to Hong Kong influenza virus.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis
  • Antigens, Viral / analysis
  • Birds / immunology
  • Birds / microbiology*
  • Cloaca / microbiology
  • Hemagglutinins, Viral / analysis
  • Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype*
  • Influenza A virus / immunology
  • Influenza A virus / isolation & purification*
  • Neuraminidase / immunology
  • USSR

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigens, Viral
  • Hemagglutinins, Viral
  • Neuraminidase