Features of interepidemic influenza A and B viruses

The comparison of interepidemic influenza viruses with the pathogens of resultant influenza epidemics has revealed that they belong to the same type (subtype) of influenza virus. A definite correlation has been found between the antigenic specificity of haemagglutinin of epidemic and interepidemic s...

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Published inVestnik Rossiĭskoĭ akademii medits︠i︡nskih nauk no. 9; p. 8
Main Authors Litvinova, O M, Grinbaum, E B, Bannikov, A I, Konovalenko, I B, Konovalova, N I, Luzianina, T Ia, Kiselev, O I
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 1995
Subjects
Antigens, Viral
Disease Outbreaks
Epitopes
Humans
Influenza A virus - immunology
Influenza A virus - isolation & purification
Influenza B virus - immunology
Influenza B virus - isolation & purification
Influenza, Human - microbiology
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Summary:The comparison of interepidemic influenza viruses with the pathogens of resultant influenza epidemics has revealed that they belong to the same type (subtype) of influenza virus. A definite correlation has been found between the antigenic specificity of haemagglutinin of epidemic and interepidemic strains. The antigenic structure of the interepidemic viruses and the pathogens of further epidemics of influenza B viruses have been found to be completely identical. The interepidemic A(H1N1) isolates have been shown to be antigenic analogues of the causative agents of influenza A(H1N1) during the previous epidemics. Despite the time and place of their isolation, as well as the etiology of the previous and subsequent epidemics, the interepidemic influenza A(H3N2) viruses have been ascertained to be similar to the reference A/Bangkok/1/79.
ISSN:0869-6047