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Distribution of gene segments of the pandemic A(H1N1) 2009 virus lineage in pig populations

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Transbound Emerg Dis. 2018 May 6. doi: 10.1111/tbed.12887. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Distribution of gene segments of the pandemic A(H1N1) 2009 virus lineage in pig populations.[/h] Okuya K[SUP]1[/SUP], Matsuu A[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Kawabata T[SUP]2[/SUP], Koike F[SUP]4[/SUP], Ito M[SUP]5[/SUP], Furuya T[SUP]6[/SUP], Taneno A[SUP]7[/SUP], Akimoto S[SUP]8[/SUP], Deguchi E[SUP]9[/SUP], Ozawa M[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Swine influenza viruses (SIVs) are important not only for pig farming, but also for public health. In fact, pandemic A(H1N1) 2009 viruses [A(H1N1)pdm09] were derived from SIVs. Therefore, timely characterization of locally circulating SIVs is necessary for understanding the global status of SIVs. To genetically characterize SIVs circulating in Japanese pig populations, we isolated 24 SIVs of three subtypes (17 H1N1, four H1N2 and three H3N2 strains) from 14 pig farms in Japan from 2013 to 2016. Genetic analyses revealed that the haemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes of the 17 H1N1 and the HA gene of one H1N2, A/swine/Aichi/02/2016 (H1N2), SIVs belonged to the A(H1N1)pdm09 lineage. More importantly, all of the remaining six gene segments (i.e., PB1, PB1, PA, NP, M and NS) of the 24 SIVs, regardless of the HA and NA subtype, were also classified as belonging to the A(H1N1)pdm09 lineage. These results indicate that gene segments of A(H1N1)pdm09 lineage are widely distributed in SIVs circulating in Japanese pig populations In addition, the NA gene of A/swine/Aichi/02/2016 (H1N2) shared less than 88.5% nucleotide identity with that of the closest relative A/swine/Miyagi/5/2003 (H1N2), which was isolated in Japan in 2003. These results indicate the sustained circulation of classical H1N2-derived SIVs with remarkable diversity in the NA genes in Japanese pig populations. These findings highlight the necessity of both intensive biosecurity systems and active SIV surveillance in pig populations worldwide for both animal and public health.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] genetic analyses; pandemic A(H1N1) 2009; swine influenza virus

PMID: 29732720 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12887
 
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