Research Article

Characterization of a New Avian Influenza Virus Subtype and Proposed Designation of this Haemagglutinin as Hav10

Journal of General Virology 1979; 45(3):751 · https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-45-3-751

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Abstract

The haemagglutinin of A/Dk/Alb/60/76, an influenza A virus isolated from feral ducks in Canada, possesses no antigenic relatedness to any of the 16 reference haemagglutinin subtypes. Results of serological tests (HI and double immuno-diffusion) with monospecific antisera to the haemagglutinin of this virus indicate that it represents a new avian haemagglutinin subtype. We propose that this haemagglutinin be designated as Hav10 under the current system of nomenclature.