Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Influenza A (H5N1) Viruses from Pigs, Indonesia

Chairul A. Nidom, Ryo Takano, Shinya Yamada, Yuko Sakai-Tagawa, Syafril Daulay, Didi Aswadi, Takashi Suzuki, Yasuo Suzuki, Kyoko Shinya, Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Yukiko Muramoto, and Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Airlangga University, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia (C.A. Nidom); University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (R. Takano, S. Yamada, Y. Sakai-Tagawa, K. Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Y. Muramoto, Y. Kawaoka); Ministry of Agriculture, Jakarta, Indonesia (S. Daulay); Agriculture and Livestock Agency, Tangerang, Indonesia (D. Aswadi); University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka City, Japan (T. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki); Chubu University, Kasugai City, Japan (Y. Suzuki); Kobe University, Kobe, Japan (K. Shinya, Y. Kawaoka); University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (Y. Kawaoka)

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Receptor-binding activity of influenza A (H5N1) viruses. Direct binding of viruses to sialylglycopolymers containing either α2,3-linked (blue) or α2,6-linked (red) sialic acids was measured. A) Human isolate A/Kawasaki/173/2001; B) avian isolate A/chicken/Central Java/UT3091/2005; C) swine isolate A/swine/Banten/UT3081/2005; D) swine isolate A/swine/Banten/UT3062/2005 clone 6; E) swine isolate A/swine/Banten/UT3063/2005 clone 1; F) swine isolate A/swine/East Java/UT6012/2007; G) swine isolate A/

Figure 3. Receptor-binding activity of influenza A (H5N1) viruses. Direct binding of viruses to sialylglycopolymers containing either α2,3-linked (blue) or α2,6-linked (red) sialic acids was measured. A) Human isolate A/Kawasaki/173/2001; B) avian isolate A/chicken/Central Java/UT3091/2005; C) swine isolate A/swine/Banten/UT3081/2005; D) swine isolate A/swine/Banten/UT3062/2005 clone 6; E) swine isolate A/swine/Banten/UT3063/2005 clone 1; F) swine isolate A/swine/East Java/UT6012/2007; G) swine isolate A/swine/Banten/UT6001/2006. Results represent means ± SDs of triplicate experiments.

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