Article
Emergence of Antigenic Variants in Bovine H5N1 Influenza Viruses.
Journal of medical virology - 1 May 2025
Miyakawa Kei, Ota Makoto, Sano Kaori, Momose Fumitaka, Kishida Noriko, Arita Tomoko, Suzuki Yasushi, Shirakura Masayuki, Asanuma Hideki, Watanabe Shinji, Hasegawa Hideki
Abstract excerpt
The recent emergence of the H5N1 influenza virus in dairy cattle has raised significant public health concerns. Using a previously established pseudovirus-based neutralization assay, we evaluated the impact of emerging hemagglutinin (HA) mutations on the efficacy of current candidate vaccine viruses (CVVs). Neutralization analysis revealed that the cow-derived H5N1 virus showed up to a 2.2-fold reduction in...
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- Animals
- Cattle
- Antigenic Variation
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus
- Antibodies, Viral
- Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype
