TABLE 1.
Location isolated | H6N2 |
H6N6 |
||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. of strains tested | No. of strains binding to α-2,6-linked sialic acid | No. of strains tested | No. of strains binding to α-2,6-linked sialic acid | |
Guangdong | 110 | 25 | 27 | 23 |
Guangxi | 14 | 1 | 11 | 10 |
Fujian | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
Hunan | 33 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
Hubei | 12 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Zhejiang | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Total | 187 | 39 | 70 | 48 |
Viruses were identified by using a hemagglutination assay with chicken red blood cells resialylated with α-2,6-glycans.