Antibodies to human-related H3 influenza A virus in Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica) and ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Russia.
Antibodies to influenza A virus were detected using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the sera from two of seven Baikal seals (Phoca sibrica) and from five of six ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Russia. In a hemagglutination-inhibition test using H1-H15 reference influenza A viruses, ELISA-positive sera from one Baikal seal and four ringed seals reacted to A/Aichi/2/68 (H3N2) and A/Bangkok/1/79 (H3N2) strains. One ringed seal serum sample reacted to A/seal/Massachusetts/1/80 (H7N7). The present results suggested that human-related H3 viruses were prevalent in Baikal seals and ringed seals inhabiting the central Russian Arctic.
Ohishi
Kazue
K
Research Program for Marine Biology and Ecology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kanagawa. oishik@jamstec.go.jp
Kishida
Noriko
N
Ninomiya
Ai
A
Kida
Hiroshi
H
Takada
Yoshitake
Y
Miyazaki
Nobuyuki
N
Boltunov
Andrei N
AN
Maruyama
Tadashi
T
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D046049:Phoca; D012426:Russia
D000914:Antibodies, Viral