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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Circulating in Pigs, Guangxi, China

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Feb;18(2):357-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1802.111346.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Circulating in Pigs, Guangxi, China.
Yan JH, Xiong Y, Yi CH, Sun XX, He QS, Fu W, Xu XK, Jiang JX, Ma L, Liu Q.
Abstract

TO THE EDITOR: A novel swine-originated influenza A virus known as pandemic (H1N1) 2009 was first isolated from humans in Mexico in April 2009 (1), and a worldwide pandemic followed, which affected >214 countries and resulted in >18,000 deaths (2). In August 2010, the World Health Organization stated that the pandemic caused by this virus had ended. As this virus emerged, animals, including swine, turkeys, ferrets, cats, and cheetahs, were found to have been infected (3). In addition, transmission from humans to pigs in porcine herds has been reported (4).

PMID:
22305479
[PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22305479
 
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