Padilla Carlos, Condori Fredy, Huaringa Maribel, Marcos Pool, Rojas Nancy, Gutierrez Victoria, Cáceres Omar
Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Peru.
Genome Announc. 2014 Apr 17;2(2):e00191-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00191-14.
The pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus has been reported in Peru since 2009. We report the whole-genome sequence analysis of a viral isolate from an infection case that occurred during an influenza outbreak in 2013. This strain shows novel hemagglutinin (HA) mutations that may cause an antigenic drift that diminishes the protective effect of the vaccine.