Surveillance and gene analysis of hemagglutinin of influenza virus during the outbreak of 1998-1999 in Beijing area
LIU Chenggui, ZHU Ru′nan, WAN Litao
(Beijing Municipal Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Beijing 100020, P.R.China)
【 Abstract 】 Objective Aetiological and molecular epidemiological surveillance of the influenza virus in Beijing area. Methods During the influenza outbreak in Beijing area of 1998-1999, specimens were collected from the Capital Institute of Pediatrics and the Beijing Epidemic Prevention Station. The isolates were identified by using McAb and the HA1 region of 3 isolates were sequenced. Results Eighty eight strains of influenza virus were isolated and identified as subtype A3. The analysis of the nucleotides and deduced amino acids suggested that the prevalence strains had experienced some variations as compared with the national reference strain A/Nanchang/933/95 of recent years, and showed high similarity with the new international prevalence strain A/Sydney/05/97. Conclusions The prevalence strains of the influenza outbreak of 1998-1999 in Beijing area were subtype A3 and there is certain antigenic drift in influenza virus in Beijing area. The results suggest that they may be Sydney-like strains and has the same origin with that new international prevalence strain.
【 Subject words 】 Influenza virus; Hemagglutinin; Nucleotide sequence
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