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Swine influenza test results from animal health laboratories in Canada
Harold Kloeze1, Shamir N Mukhi, Soren Alexandersen
1Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 101-17th Street East, Owen Sound, Ontario N4K 0A5 (Kloeze); National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3R2 (Mukhi); National Centres for Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3R2 (Alexandersen).
Abstract:
Due to its infrastructure and partnerships the Canadian Animal Health Surveillance Network was able to rapidly collect test results from 9 Canadian laboratories that were conducting primary testing for influenza on swine-origin samples, in response to the threat posed by the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in 2009.
