Publication Date:
1982-12-24
Description:
An influenza A reassortant virus that contained the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase genes of a virulent human virus, A/Udorn/72 (H3N2), and the six other influenza A virus genome segments from an avirulent avian virus, A/Mallard/New York/6750/78 (H2N2), was evaluated for its level of replication is squirrel monkeys and hamsters. In monkeys, the reassortant virus was as attenuated and as restricted in its level of replication in the upper and lower respiratory tract as its avian influenza virus parent. Nonetheless, infection with the reassortant induced significant resistant to challenge with virulent human influenza virus. In hamsters, the reassortant virus replicated to a level intermediate between that of its parents. These findings suggest that the nonsurface antigen genes of the avian parental virus are the primary determinants of restriction of replication of the reassortant virus in monkeys. Attenuation of the reassortant virus for primates is achieved by inefficient functioning of the avian influenza genes in primate cells, while antigenic specificity of the human influenza virus is provided by the neuraminidase and hemagglutinin genes derived from the human virus. This approach could lead to the development of a live influenza A virus vaccine that is attenuated for man if the avian influenza genes are similarly restricted in human cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Murphy, B R -- Sly, D L -- Tierney, E L -- Hosier, N T -- Massicot, J G -- London, W T -- Chanock, R M -- Webster, R G -- Hinshaw, V S -- CA 21765/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- N01-AI-02649/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- N01-NS-7-2375/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1982 Dec 24;218(4579):1330-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6183749" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antigens, Surface/genetics
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Cricetinae
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Epitopes/genetics/immunology
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Hemagglutinins/genetics/immunology
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Influenza A virus/*genetics
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Influenza Vaccines/*immunology
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Neuraminidase/genetics/immunology
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Saimiri
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Vaccines, Attenuated/immunology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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