S-OtrH3N2 viruses: use of sequence data for description of the molecular characteristics of the viruses and their relatedness to previously circulating H3N2 human viruses

B Lina; M Bouscambert; V Enouf; D Rousset; M Valette; S van der Werf

doi:10.2807/ese.16.50.20039-en

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S-OtrH3N2 viruses: use of sequence data for description of the molecular characteristics of the viruses and their relatedness to previously circulating H3N2 human viruses
B Lina^1,2 , M Bouscambert¹ , V Enouf³ , D Rousset³ , M Valette¹ , S van der Werf^3,4,5,6
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Affiliations: ¹ National Influenza Centre (Southern France), Hospices Civils de Lyon, Groupement Hospitalier Est, Bron, France ² Virpath, EA 4610, Faculty of Medicine R.T.H. Laennec, UCBL, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France ³ Institut Pasteur, National Influenza Centre (Northern France), Paris, France ⁴ Institut Pasteur, Unit of Molecular Genetics of RNA Viruses, Department of Virology, Paris France ⁵ French National Centre for Scientific Research CNRS URA3015, Paris, France ⁶ Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unit of Molecular Genetics of RNA Viruses, Paris, France

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Citation style for this article: Lina B, Bouscambert M, Enouf V, Rousset D, Valette M, van der Werf S. S-OtrH3N2 viruses: use of sequence data for description of the molecular characteristics of the viruses and their relatedness to previously circulating H3N2 human viruses. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(50):pii=20039. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.50.20039-en Received: 02 Dec 2011

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Abstract

Emergence of influenza viruses from the animal reservoir is a permanent challenge. The rapid description and immediate sharing of information on these viruses is invaluable for influenza surveillance networks and for pandemic preparedness. With the help of data generated from the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention*, we provide here information on the swine-origin triple reassortant influenza A(H3N2) viruses detected in human cases in the north-east of the United States. .