Reassortant Eurasian Avian-Like Influenza A(H1N1) Virus from a Severely Ill Child, Hunan Province, China, 2015

In 2015, a novel influenza A(H1N1) virus was isolated from a boy in China who had severe pneumonia. The virus was a genetic reassortant of Eurasian avian-like influenza A(H1N1) (EA-H1N1) virus. The hemagglutinin, neuraminidase, and matrix genes of the reassortant virus were highly similar to genes in EA-H1N1 swine influenza viruses, the polybasic 1 and 2, polymerase acidic, and nucleoprotein genes originated from influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus, and the nonstructural protein gene derived from classical swine influenza A(H1N1) (CS H1N1) virus. In a mouse model, the reassortant virus, termed influenza A/Hunan/42443/2015(H1N1) virus, showed higher infectivity and virulence than another human EA-H1N1 isolate, influenza A/Jiangsu/1/2011(H1N1) virus. In the respiratory tract of mice, virus replication by influenza A/Hunan/42443/2015(H1N1) virus was substantially higher than that by influenza A/Jiangsu/1/2011(H1N1) virus. Human-to-human transmission of influenza A/Hunan/42443/2015(H1N1) virus has not been detected; however, given the circulation of novel EA-H1N1 viruses in pigs, enhanced surveillance should be instituted among swine and humans.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 22(2016), 11 vom: 20. Nov., Seite 1930-1936

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Wenfei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Xiang, Xingyu [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Lili [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Junfeng [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Yiran [VerfasserIn]
Li, Fangcai [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Zhihong [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yiwei [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Shixiong [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Xiaohui [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaodan [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Tian [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yongkun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Junhua [VerfasserIn]
Shu, Yuelong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
China
Clinical features
EA-H1N1
Eurasian avian-like virus
Genetic reassortant
Historical Article
Human origin
Infectivity
Influenza
Influenza A(H1N1) virus
Influenza virus
Journal Article
Novel virus
RNA, Viral
Reassortant virus
Respiratory infections
Swine influenza virus
Virulence
Viruses

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Date Completed 12.01.2018

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2211.160181

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM265531993