Abstract
Human infections with influenza A(H5N1) virus in Cambodia increased sharply during 2013. Molecular characterization of viruses detected in clinical specimens from human cases revealed the presence of mutations associated with the alteration of receptor-binding specificity (K189R, Q222L) and respiratory droplet transmission in ferrets (N220K with Q222L). Discovery of quasispecies at position 222 (Q/L), in addition to the absence of the mutations in poultry/environmental samples, suggested that the mutations occurred during human infection and did not transmit further.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Virology |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 23 |
Pages (from-to) | 13897-13909 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISSN | 0022-538X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Cambodia
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cluster Analysis
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/genetics
- Humans
- Infant
- Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype/genetics
- Influenza, Human/virology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation, Missense
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Virus Attachment