Rodrigo Tapia, Bárbara Brito, Marco Saavedra, Juan Mena, Tamara García-Salum, Raveen Rathnasinghe, Gonzalo Barriga, Karla Tapia, Victoria García, Sergio Bucarey, Yunho Jang, David Wentworth, Montserrat Torremorell, Víctor Neira, Rafael A Medina
Novel H1N2 and H3N2 swine influenza A viruses (IAVs) have recently been identified in Chile. The objective of this study was to evaluate their zoonotic potential. We perform phylogenetic analyses to determine the genetic origin and evolution of these viruses, and a serological analysis to determine the level of cross-protective antibodies in the human population. Eight genotypes were identified, all with pandemic H1N1 2009-like internal genes. H1N1 and H1N2 were the subtypes more commonly detected. Swine H1N2 and H3N2 IAVs had hemagglutinin and neuraminidase lineages genetically divergent from IAVs reported worldwide, including human vaccine strains...
March 6, 2024: Microbiology Spectrum