Were the WHO-recommended Human Influenza Vaccine Formulations Appropriate for Kenya During the 2010-2011 Season? Inferences from the HA1 Gene Analysis
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2012Author
Bulimo, Wallace D
Mukunzi, Silvanos
Achilla, Rachel
Opot, Benjamin H.
Osuna, Finley
Majanja, Janet
Wadegu, Meshack
Wurapa, Eyako K
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Background: The knowledge of evolutionary patterns of the HA gene of the influenza virus is important in vaccine strain selection. Objective: Genetic analysis of HA1 of influenza viruses isolated in Kenya during the 2010-2011 season with reference to WHO vaccine strains. Methods: A total of twenty seven (27) influenza A (H1N1) pdm09, Nineteen (19) influenza A (H3N2) and Sixteen (16)influenza B virus isolates were analyzed. A partial HA1 gene was amplified by RT-PCR and sequenced. Results: Phylogenetic analyses revealed that influenza B viruses were closely related to B/Brisbane/60/2008 vaccine strain while A (H1N1) pdm09 viruses were genetic variants of A/California/07/2009. The Kenyan A (H1N1) pdm09isolates had P83S, D97N, S185T, I321V and E374K amino acid substitutions. Influenza A/H3N2 isolates showed K62E,T212A and S214I simultaneous amino acid substitutions when compared to A/Perth/10/2009. The K62E changeoccurred at antigenic site E. Majority of the Kenyan H3N2 isolates further had S45N and K144N amino acidsubstitutions at sites C and A respectively, which introduced N-glycosylation motifs absent in the vaccine strain.Conclusion: The study showed that although the WHO 2010 vaccine strains recommendations for the southern-hemisphere matched with influenza viruses which circulated in Kenya during the 2010-2011 season, the viruses had evolved genetically from the vaccine strains
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Were the WHO-recommended Human Influenza Vaccine Formulations Appropriate for Kenya During the 2010-2011 Season? Inferences from the HA1 Gene Analysis, Bulimo, Wallace D., Mukunzi Silvanos, Achilla Rachel, Opot Benjamin H., Osuna Finley, Majanja Janet, Wadegu Meshack, and Wurapa Eyako K. , African Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, September 20012, Volume 1, Number 2, p.46-54, (2012)Publisher
University of Nairobi. College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya
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