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Antigenic Relationship between Influenza A Viruses of Human and Avian Origins

Nature volume 215, pages 982–983 (1967)Cite this article

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INFLUENZA A viruses causing natural infections in man, swine, horses and birds are indistinguishable from one another in the antigenic structure of their internal ribonucleoprotein (S or G antigen) but little or no relationship has been found between the human and animal strains which have been compared so far with respect to antigens present in the viral envelope (V antigens). This is not invariably the case, however, and V antigens common to certain strains of avian and mammalian origins have been observed (ref. 1 and B. Tumova and H. G. Pereira, to be published).

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  1. World Influenza Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London

    H. G. PEREIRA

  2. Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Prague, 10

    BELA TUMOVA

  3. Department of Microbiology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra City

    R. G. WEBSTER

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PEREIRA, H., TUMOVA, B. & WEBSTER, R. Antigenic Relationship between Influenza A Viruses of Human and Avian Origins. Nature 215, 982–983 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215982a0

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