there are little information about growth properties of low pathogenic (lp) avian influenza virus (aiv) in embryonated chicken eggs (eces) at different incubation temperatures. knowledge of this information increases the quantity and quality of antigen in vaccine production process. for this purpose, 10-5 dilution of aiv (a/chicken/iran/99/h9n2) was inoculated (intra-allantoic) into 400, 11-day...

The PB1-F2 protein of influenza A virus has been considered a virulence factor, but its function in inducing apoptosis may be of disadvantage to viral replication. Host mechanisms to regulate PB1-F2-induced apoptosis remain unknown. We generated a PB1-F2-deficient avian influenza virus (AIV) H9N2 and found that the mutant virus replicated less efficiently in human lung epithelial cells. The PB1...

A highly sensitive method for the detection of avian influenza virus (AIV) antigen by the resonance light scattering (RLS) technique has been developed in this paper. Magnetic silica nanoparticles (MNs) were modified with AIV antibody via covalent binding firstly, the MNs/AIV antibody-AIV antigen immunocomplex was formed after the addition of AIV antigen, which can increase the RLS signal at 54...

Previous studies indicate that the H3 influenza virus has the ability to establish infection upon interspecies transmission and poses a threat to mammals. Therefore, it is important to enhance the surveillance of H3 avian influenza viruses (AIVs). In this study, A/duck/Shanghai/C84/2009(H3N2) (C84) was isolated from a live poultry market in Shanghai, China. Using PCR and sequencing analyses, we...

UNLABELLED Objective. A novel avian influenza A virus (AIV) H7N9 subtype which emerged in China in 2013 caused worldwide concern. Deletion of amino-acids 69 to 73 in the neuraminidase stalk was its most notable characteristic. This study is aimed to discuss the tropism and virulence effects of this deletion. METHODS Neuraminidase gene sequences of N9 subtype were collected from NCBI and GISAI...

Geese, as aquatic birds, are an important natural reservoir of avian influenza virus (AIV). To characterize the innate antiviral immune response against AIV H9N2 strain infection in geese as well as the probable relationship between the expression of immune-related genes and the distribution of viral antigens, we investigated the levels of immune-related gene transcription both in AIV H9N2 stra...

Lead (Pb), an environmental pollutant, has been widely reported to have contaminated mammals, including humans and birds. This study focuses on the effects of Pb pollution avian influenza virus (AIV) antibody production. A total 170 black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) were captured in Tokyo Bay (TBP) from January 2019 April 2020 Mikawa (MBP) November 2021. The weighed, subjected blo...

A facile route to fabricate a protein-immobilized network pattern circuit for rapid and highly sensitive diagnosis was developed via the evaporation directed impromptu patterning method and selective avian influenza virus (AIV) immobilization. The response to the 10 fg mL(-1) anti-AI antibody demonstrates that this easy and simple circuit has about 1000 times higher sensitivity compared to thos...

Influenza A viruses from wild aquatic birds, their natural reservoir species, are thought to have reached a form of stasis, characterized by low rates of evolutionary change. We tested this hypothesis by estimating rates of nucleotide substitution in a diverse array of avian influenza viruses (AIV) and allowing for rate variation among lineages. The rates observed were extremely high, at >10(-3...