Interregional Transmission of the Internal Protein Genes of H2 Influenza Virus in Migratory Ducks from North America to Eurasia

• Published in: Virus genes Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 81 - 86
• Main Authors: Liu, Jin-Hua, Okazaki, Katsunori, Bai, Gui-Rong, Shi, Wei-Min, Mweene, Aaron, Kida, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 01.08.2004
• Subjects: Animals; Asia; Ducks - virology; Emigration and Immigration; Europe; Genes; Influenza; Influenza A virus - classification; Influenza A virus - genetics; Influenza in Birds - virology; Influenza virus H2; Molecular Sequence Data; North America; Orthomyxoviridae; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Viral Proteins - genetics; Viruses; Waterfowl; Asia; North America; Europe; Eurasia

H2 influenza virus caused a pandemic in 1957 and has the possibility to cause outbreaks in the future. To assess the evolutionary characteristics of H2 influenza viruses isolated from migratory ducks that congregate in Hokkaido, Japan, on their flyway of migration from Siberia in 2001, we investigat...