J Gen Virol. 2011 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print]
Re-assorted pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A virus discovered from pigs in Germany.
Starick E, Lange E, Fereidouni S, Bunzenthal C, Hoveler R, Kuczka A, Grosse Beilage E, Hamann HP, Klingelhofer I, Steinhauer D, Vahlenkamp T, Beer M, Harder T.
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut;
Abstract
A natural reassortant influenza A virus consisting of seven genome segments from pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus and a neuraminidase segment from an 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 whether swine may become a reservoir for further reassortants of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 viruses with unknown implications for human health and swine production.
Re-assorted pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A virus discovered from pigs in Germany.
Starick E, Lange E, Fereidouni S, Bunzenthal C, Hoveler R, Kuczka A, Grosse Beilage E, Hamann HP, Klingelhofer I, Steinhauer D, Vahlenkamp T, Beer M, Harder T.
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut;
Abstract
A natural reassortant influenza A virus consisting of seven genome segments from pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus and a neuraminidase segment from an 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 whether swine may become a reservoir for further reassortants of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 viruses with unknown implications for human health and swine production.