Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Isolated from Free-Ranging Northern Elephant Seals in 2010 off the Central California Coast

Tracey Goldstein; Ignacio Mena; Simon J. Anthony; Rafael Medina; Patrick W. Robinson; Denise J. Greig; Daniel P. Costa; W. Ian Lipkin; Adolfo Garcia-Sastre; Walter M. Boyce

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062259

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Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Isolated from Free-Ranging Northern Elephant Seals in 2010 off the Central California Coast

Tracey Goldstein ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tracey Goldstein, Ignacio Mena

* E-mail: tgoldstein@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Ignacio Mena ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tracey Goldstein, Ignacio Mena

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Simon J. Anthony,

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Rafael Medina,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Laboratory Molecular Virology, Instituto Milenio en Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas y División de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Patrick W. Robinson,

Affiliation Center for Ocean Health, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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Denise J. Greig,

Affiliation The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, California, United States of America
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Daniel P. Costa,

Affiliation Center for Ocean Health, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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W. Ian Lipkin,

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Adolfo Garcia-Sastre,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Walter M. Boyce

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Isolated from Free-Ranging Northern Elephant Seals in 2010 off the Central California Coast

Tracey Goldstein,
Ignacio Mena,
Simon J. Anthony,
Rafael Medina,
Patrick W. Robinson,
Denise J. Greig,
Daniel P. Costa,
W. Ian Lipkin,
Adolfo Garcia-Sastre,
Walter M. Boyce

Published: May 15, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062259

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Possible citation error in introduction

Posted by jpearce on 21 May 2013 at 16:47 GMT

In the Introduction, the authors state the following:

"Furthermore, serosurveys have documented widespread exposure globally to multiple HA (H3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12) and NA (N2, 3, 7, 8) subtypes including in ringed (Phoca hispida), harp (Phoca groenlandicus), and hooded (Cystophora cristata) seals, and walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), as well as more recently in harbor seals off California [9]–[12]."

However, the walrus reference (10: Nielsen et al.) states in the abstract that, "None of the 210 walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus), 76 narwhals (Monodon monoceros) and four bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) had
detectable antibodies to influenza A."

Thus, reference to exposure in walrus appears to be an error.

No competing interests declared.

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