Transmission and pathogenesis of swine-origin 2009 A(H1N1) influenza viruses in ferrets and mice.
Recent reports of mild to severe influenza-like illness in humans caused by a novel swine-origin 2009 A(H1N1) influenza virus underscore the need to better understand the pathogenesis and transmission of these viruses in mammals. In this study, selected 2009 A(H1N1) influenza isolates were assessed for their ability to cause disease in mice and ferrets and compared with a contemporary seasonal H1N1 virus for their ability to transmit to naïve ferrets through respiratory droplets. In contrast to seasonal influenza H1N1 virus, 2009 A(H1N1) influenza viruses caused increased morbidity, replicated to higher titers in lung tissue, and were recovered from the intestinal tract of intranasally inoculated ferrets. The 2009 A(H1N1) influenza viruses exhibited less efficient respiratory droplet transmission in ferrets in comparison with the highly transmissible phenotype of a seasonal H1N1 virus. Transmission of the 2009 A(H1N1) influenza viruses was further corroborated by characterizing the binding specificity of the viral hemagglutinin to the sialylated glycan receptors (in the human host) by use of dose-dependent direct receptor-binding and human lung tissue-binding assays.
Maines
Taronna R
TR
Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Jayaraman
Akila
A
Belser
Jessica A
JA
Wadford
Debra A
DA
Pappas
Claudia
C
Zeng
Hui
H
Gustin
Kortney M
KM
Pearce
Melissa B
MB
Viswanathan
Karthik
K
Shriver
Zachary H
ZH
Raman
Rahul
R
Cox
Nancy J
NJ
Sasisekharan
Ram
R
Katz
Jacqueline M
JM
Tumpey
Terrence M
TM
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000378:metabolism; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000821:virology; D013552:Swine; D014779:Virus Replication
C543345:H1N1 virus hemagglutinin; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; D011991:Receptors, Virus