Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020
Research
Interspecies Transmission of Reassortant Swine Influenza A Virus Containing Genes from Swine Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H1N2) Viruses
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Figure 1. Infection and replication of swine H1N2r virus in ferret tracheal organ cultures. A) Quantity of influenza A virus RNA in ferret tracheal ex vivo organ cultures at 24 h and 48 h postinoculation with swine viruses H1N2r (A/swine/England/1382/2010), Sw/pdm09 (A/swine/England/1353/2009), H1N2 (A/swine/England/997/2009), and Hu/pdm09 (A/England/195/2009). Results are log10 REU in combined supernatants and tissue lysates for each sample. Error bars indicate upper end of SEM for triplicate cultures. B) Immunohistochemical labeling of influenza A virus nucleoprotein in ferret tracheal cultures infected with H1N2r reassortant virus (original magnification ×20). C) Detection of virus-positive strand replicative intermediate RNA in ferret tracheal and lung cultures at 24 and 48 h postinoculation with H1N2r virus. Error bars indicate upper end of SEM for triplicate cultures. Ct, cycle threshold; hpi, hours postinoculation; hu, human; H1N2r, reassortant swine influenza A virus; pdm09, influenza A(H1N1)pdm09; REU, relative equivalent unit; sw, swine; +, positive.
1Current affiliation: hVIVO Services Limited, London, UK.