Isolation of H5 influenza viruses from whistling swans in western Japan in November 1983

Otsuki, K.; Takemoto, O.; Fujimoto, R.; Yamazaki, K.; Kubota, T.; Hosaki, H.; Mitani, T.; Kawaoka, Y.; Tsubokura, M.

Acta Virologica 28(6): 524

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0001-723X
PMID: 6152134
Document Number: 222676
Three strains belonging to the H5N3 subtype were isolated from the faeces of whistling swans (Cygnus columbianus) in San-in District, Western Japan in November 1983. Although the strains were not pathogenic for SPF chicks, all were lethal for chick embryos. The strains did not form plaques in the absence of trypsin.

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