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).
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.
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001717:Birds / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002988:Cloaca / Q000382:microbiology; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D053122:Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009439:Neuraminidase / Q000276:immunology; D014586:USSR
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral; D009439:Neuraminidase