Characterization of Clade 7.2 H5 Avian Influenza Viruses That Continue To Circulate in Chickens in China

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第一作者: Liu, Liling

作者: Liu, Liling;Zeng, Xianying;Chen, Pucheng;Deng, Guohua;Li, Yanbing;Shi, Jianzhong;Gu, Chunyang;Kong, Huihui;Jiang, Yongping;Tian, Guobin;Chen, Hualan;Suzuki, Yasuo

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期刊名称:JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY ( 影响因子:5.103; 五年影响因子:5.078 )

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摘要: The H5N1 avian influenza viruses emerged in Southeast Asia in the late 20th century and have evolved into multiple phylogenetic clades based on their hemagglutinin (HA)-encoding genes. The clade 7.2 viruses were first detected in chickens in northern China in 2006, and vaccines specifically targeted to the clade were developed and have been used in poultry in China since 2006. During routine surveillance and disease diagnosis, we isolated seven H5 viruses between 2011 and 2014 that bear the clade 7.2 HA genes. Here, we performed extensive studies to understand how the clade 7.2 H5 viruses have evolved in chickens in China. Full genome sequence analysis revealed that the seven viruses formed two subtypes (four H5N1 viruses and three H5N2 viruses) and four genotypes by deriving genes from other influenza viruses. All of the viruses had antigenically drifted from the clade 7.2 viruses that were isolated in 2006. Pathogenicity studies of four viruses, one from each genotype, revealed that all of the viruses are highly pathogenic in chickens, but none of them could replicate in ducks. The four viruses exclusively bound to avian-type receptors and replicated only in the turbinates and/or lungs of mice; none of them were lethal to mice at a dosage of 10(6) 50% egg infective doses (EID50). Our study indicates that although the clade 7.2 viruses have not been eradicated from poultry through vaccination, they have not become more dangerous to other animals (e.g., ducks and mice) and humans.

分类号: Q934.2

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