tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 Jul;28(7):1509-1512.
doi: 10.3201/eid2807.220642.
Natural Reassortment of Eurasian Avian-Like Swine H1N1 and Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs, China
Wanying Sun, Samuel S M Cheng, Kristy N T Lam, Tsz C Kwan, Ricky W K Wong, Leo H K Lau, Gigi Y Z Liu, Leo L H Luk, John K C Li, Haogao Gu, Malik Peiris, Leo L M Poon
Abstract
Several zoonotic influenza A viruses detected in humans contain genes derived from avian H9N2 subtypes. We uncovered a Eurasian avian-like H1N1 swine influenza virus with polymerase basic 1 and matrix gene segments derived from the H9N2 subtype, suggesting that H9N2 viruses are infecting pigs and reassorting with swine influenza viruses in China.
Keywords: China; Eurasian avian-like swine H1N1 virus; avian H9N2 virus; influenza; pigs; viruses; zoonoses; zoonotic influenza A viruses.
. 2022 Jul;28(7):1509-1512.
doi: 10.3201/eid2807.220642.
Natural Reassortment of Eurasian Avian-Like Swine H1N1 and Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs, China
Wanying Sun, Samuel S M Cheng, Kristy N T Lam, Tsz C Kwan, Ricky W K Wong, Leo H K Lau, Gigi Y Z Liu, Leo L H Luk, John K C Li, Haogao Gu, Malik Peiris, Leo L M Poon
- PMID: 35731193
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2807.220642
Abstract
Several zoonotic influenza A viruses detected in humans contain genes derived from avian H9N2 subtypes. We uncovered a Eurasian avian-like H1N1 swine influenza virus with polymerase basic 1 and matrix gene segments derived from the H9N2 subtype, suggesting that H9N2 viruses are infecting pigs and reassorting with swine influenza viruses in China.
Keywords: China; Eurasian avian-like swine H1N1 virus; avian H9N2 virus; influenza; pigs; viruses; zoonoses; zoonotic influenza A viruses.