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Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014
Dispatch

Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus Infection in Giant Pandas, China

Desheng Li, Ling Zhu, Hengmin Cui, Shanshan Ling, Shengtao Fan, Zhijun Yu, Yuancheng Zhou, Tiecheng Wang, Jun Qian, Xianzhu Xia, Zhiwen Xu, Yuwei Gao1Comments to Author , and Chengdong Wang1
Author affiliations: Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health, College of Veterinary Medicine of Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, People’s Republic of China (D. Li, L. Zhu, H. Cui, Z. Xu); Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology Center of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine of Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an (D. Li, L. Zhu, Y. Zhou, Z. Xu, C. Wang); China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Ya’an (D. Li, S. Ling, C. Wang); Research Center of Wildlife Disease, Key Laboratory of Jilin Province for Zoonosis Prevention and Control, Military Veterinary Research Institute of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, People’s Republic of China (T. Wang, J. Qian, X. Xia, Y. Gao); Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (S. Fan, Z. Yu)

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Table

Hemagglutination inhibition antibody titers against influenza A viruses in serum samples collected from giant pandas before and after respiratory infection, China, 2009*

Time Animal name Date collected Titer
A(H1N1)pdm09 H3 H6 H5 H7 H9
Before infection
 Ximeng 2004 Oct 5 <10 ND ND <10 ND ND
Gege 2009 Jul 29 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Zhangka
 2009 Dec 1
 320
 80
 <10
 <10
 <10
 <10
After infection Ximeng 2010 Mar 23 640 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Gege 2010 Mar 31 640 <10 80 <10 <10 <10
Zhangka 2010 Mar 27 640 80 40 <10 <10 <10

*All serum samples were pretreated with Vibrio cholerae receptor–destroying enzyme (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) before testing. ND, not done.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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