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Published on: December 4, 2015
Reassorted pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A virus discovered from pigs in Germany
Elke Starick1, Elke Lange1, Sasan Fereidouni1
1Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
Abstract:
A natural reassortant influenza A virus consisting of seven genome segments from pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus and a neuraminidase segment from a Eurasian porcine H1N1 influenza A virus was detected in a pig herd in Germany. The obvious reassortment compatibility between the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and H1N1 viruses of porcine origin raises concern as to whether swine may become a reservoir for further reassortants of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 viruses with unknown implications for human health and swine production.
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