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Article: Lethality to ferrets of H5N1 influenza viruses isolated from humans and poultry in 2004

TitleLethality to ferrets of H5N1 influenza viruses isolated from humans and poultry in 2004
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Issue Date2005
PublisherAmerican Society for Microbiology. The Journal's web site is located at http://jvi.asm.org/
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Journal of Virology, 2005, v. 79 n. 4, p. 2191-2198 How to Cite?
AbstractThe 2004 outbreaks of H5N1 influenza viruses in Vietnam and Thailand were highly lethal to humans and to poultry; therefore, newly emerging avian influenza A viruses pose a continued threat, not only to avian species but also to humans. We studied the pathogenicity of four human and nine avian H5N1/04 influenza viruses in ferrets (an excellent model for influenza studies). All four human isolates were fatal to intranasally inoculated ferrets. The human isolate A/Vietnam/1203/04 (H5N1) was the most pathogenic isolate; the severity of disease was associated with a broad tissue tropism and high virus titers in multiple organs, including the brain. High fever, weight loss, anorexia, extreme lethargy, and diarrhea were observed. Two avian H5N1/04 isolates were as pathogenic as the human viruses, causing lethal systemic infections in ferrets. Seven of nine H5N1/04 viruses isolated from avian species caused mild infections, with virus replication restricted to the upper respiratory tract. All chicken isolates were nonlethal to ferrets. A sequence analysis revealed polybasic amino acids in the hemagglutinin connecting peptides of all H5N1/04 viruses, indicating that multiple molecular differences in other genes are important for a high level of virulence. Interestingly, the human A/Vietnam/ 1203/04 isolate had a lysine substitution at position 627 of PB2 and had one to eight amino acid changes in all gene products except that of the M1 gene, unlike the A/chicken/Vietnam/C58/04 and A/quail/Vietnam/36/04 viruses. Our results indicate that viruses that are lethal to mammals are circulating among birds in Asia and suggest that pathogenicity in ferrets, and perhaps humans, reflects a complex combination of different residues rather than a single amino acid difference.
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dc.contributor.authorGovorkova, EAen_HK
dc.contributor.authorRehg, JEen_HK
dc.contributor.authorKrauss, Sen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYen, HLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorGuan, Yen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPeiris, Men_HK
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, TDen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHanh, THen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPuthavathana, Pen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLong, HTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorBuranathai, Cen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLim, Wen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWebster, RGen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHoffmann, Een_HK
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-12T06:35:35Z-
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dc.date.issued2005en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Virology, 2005, v. 79 n. 4, p. 2191-2198en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0022-538Xen_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/49152-
dc.description.abstractThe 2004 outbreaks of H5N1 influenza viruses in Vietnam and Thailand were highly lethal to humans and to poultry; therefore, newly emerging avian influenza A viruses pose a continued threat, not only to avian species but also to humans. We studied the pathogenicity of four human and nine avian H5N1/04 influenza viruses in ferrets (an excellent model for influenza studies). All four human isolates were fatal to intranasally inoculated ferrets. The human isolate A/Vietnam/1203/04 (H5N1) was the most pathogenic isolate; the severity of disease was associated with a broad tissue tropism and high virus titers in multiple organs, including the brain. High fever, weight loss, anorexia, extreme lethargy, and diarrhea were observed. Two avian H5N1/04 isolates were as pathogenic as the human viruses, causing lethal systemic infections in ferrets. Seven of nine H5N1/04 viruses isolated from avian species caused mild infections, with virus replication restricted to the upper respiratory tract. All chicken isolates were nonlethal to ferrets. A sequence analysis revealed polybasic amino acids in the hemagglutinin connecting peptides of all H5N1/04 viruses, indicating that multiple molecular differences in other genes are important for a high level of virulence. Interestingly, the human A/Vietnam/ 1203/04 isolate had a lysine substitution at position 627 of PB2 and had one to eight amino acid changes in all gene products except that of the M1 gene, unlike the A/chicken/Vietnam/C58/04 and A/quail/Vietnam/36/04 viruses. Our results indicate that viruses that are lethal to mammals are circulating among birds in Asia and suggest that pathogenicity in ferrets, and perhaps humans, reflects a complex combination of different residues rather than a single amino acid difference.en_HK
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dc.publisherAmerican Society for Microbiology. The Journal's web site is located at http://jvi.asm.org/en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Virologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus - chemistry - geneticsen_HK
dc.subject.meshInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtypeen_HK
dc.subject.meshInfluenza A virus - classification - isolation & purification - pathogenicityen_HK
dc.subject.meshInfluenza, Human - mortality - pathology - virologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshOrthomyxoviridae - pathogenicityen_HK
dc.titleLethality to ferrets of H5N1 influenza viruses isolated from humans and poultry in 2004en_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailYen, HL: hyen@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailGuan, Y: yguan@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1128/JVI.79.4.2191-2198.2005en_HK
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dc.relation.erratumdoi:10.1128/JVI.00686-06-
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