XIONG Chenglong;ZHANG Zhijie;LIANG Di;JIANG Lufang;LU Yihan;JU Liwen;CHEN Yue;JIANG Qingwu△
Objective To determine the phylogenetic relationships of haemagglutinin gene sequences of 16 influenza A virus sera subtypes,and to study their genetic origins.Methods Haemagglutinin gene sequences of 16 influenza A virus sera subtypes were derived from an Internet database.DNAStar,Clustal X1.83,MEGA 4,and PHYLIP 3.67 softwares were used to measure the genetic distances within and between the influenza A virus sera subtypes,and to construct their phylogenetic trees.Results Haemagglutinin gene sequences of 16 influenza A virus sera subtypes were successfully divided into 16 genotypes,with the genetic distances within genotypes being 0.102 31 to 0.225 16 centimorgan (cM,SE=0.006-0.011).A taxonomy study demonstrated that these 16 influenza A virus sera subtypes could be congregated into 5 clades including:A (subtypes H1,H2,H5 and H6),B (H8,H9 and H12),C (H11,H13 and H16),D (H7,H10 and H15) and E (H3,H4,and H14).They could be further classified into two groups:group Ⅰ (clades A,B and C) and group Ⅱ (clades D and E).Conclusions Haemagglutinin gene sequences of 16 influenza A virus sera subtypes could be congregated into five clades and further into two groups.