Complete Genome Sequences of Influenza A/H1N1 Strains Isolated from Patients during the 2013-2014 Epidemic Season in Finland

Petri Jalovaara; Polina Mishel; Hannimari Kallio-Kokko; Miia Valkonen; Anu Kantele; Niina Ikonen; Ilkka Julkunen; Laura Kakkola; Anna Kutsaya; Tytti Vuorinen; Pirkko Mattila; Henrikki Almusa; Denis Kainov

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01523-14

Complete Genome Sequences of Influenza A/H1N1 Strains Isolated from Patients during the 2013-2014 Epidemic Season in Finland

Genome Announc. 2015 Mar 12;3(2):e01523-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01523-14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ The Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
² Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory (HUSLAB), Helsinki, Finland.
³ Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCS), Helsinki, Finland.
⁴ The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
⁵ Department of Virology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
⁶ The Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland denis.kainov@helsinki.fi.

Abstract

Here, we report 40 complete genome sequences of influenza A/H1N1 strains isolated from 33 nonhospitalized and 7 hospitalized patients during the 2013-2014 epidemic season in Finland. An analysis of the aligned sequences revealed no oseltamivir-resistant genotypes. As a whole, the recent viruses have drifted from the prototype A/California/7/2009 virus by ca. 1.3%.