title: Characterization of A/eq-1 virus isolated during the equine influenza epidemic in India.
abstract: The equine influenza virus, Ludhiana/5/87, isolated from the clinical material during the epidemic of equine influenza in India in 1987 was inhibited in haemagglutination-inhibition test by the antiserum against the prototype A/eq/Prague/1/56 (H7N7) virus and by post-epidemic horse sera. In haemagglutinin and neuraminidase analysis, the A/eq/Ludhiana/5/87 isolate appeared similar to the prototype A/eq/Prague/1/56 virus and was characterized as the H7N7 subtype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Bacteriology and Virology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006736:Horses; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009439:Neuraminidase / Q000032:analysis; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral; D009439:Neuraminidase