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Serologic and genetic characterization of North American H3N2 swine influenza A viruses.
Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire - 1 Jul 2007
Gramer Marie René, Lee Jee Hoon, Choi Young Ki, Goyal Sagar M, Joo Han Soo
Abstract excerpt
The H3N2 subtype of influenza A viruses isolated from pigs in the United States and Canada has shown both genetic and antigenic diversity. The objective of this study was to determine the serologic and genetic characteristics of contemporary strains of these viruses. Genetic analysis of 18 reference strains and 8 selected strains demonstrated differences in 1% to 9% of the nucleotides of the hemagglutinin (HA)...
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