title: Antibodies to human-related H3 influenza A virus in Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica) and ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Russia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Research Program for Marine Biology and Ecology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kanagawa. oishik@jamstec.go.jp
authors.forename: Kazue
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohishi
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kishida
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ninomiya
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kida
authors.forename: Yoshitake
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Andrei N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Boltunov
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral