title: The source of avian paramyxoviruses isolated during an outbreak of influenza among children.
abstract: In 1986 five avian paramyxovirus (PMV) strains were isolated in embryonated chicken eggs from sick children with influenza. The strains were identified as PMV-2 serotype due to the close antigenic relationships between their HN-proteins and of the reference PMV-2 strains isolated from different birds all over the world. No seroconversion to the isolates was found in the sick children, however, HI-antibodies were detected in hen's sera, eggs of which were used for the new strains isolation. The possible origin of isolated PMV-2 viruses is discussed.
authors.affiliation: D. I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Academy of Medical Sciences of U.S.S.R., Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Yakhno
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Govorkova
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kubínova
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stumpa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tůmová
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002648:Child; D003604:Czechoslovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D015707:HN Protein / Q000032:analysis; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D010252:Paramyxoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D015707:HN Protein