Reoccurrence of Suspected Human-to-Turkey Transmission of H1N1 Pandemic 2009 Virus in Turkey Breeder Flocks in Ontario and Manitoba, 2016

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Transbound Emerg Dis. 2016 Sep 11. doi: 10.1111/tbed.12566. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Reoccurrence of Suspected Human-to-Turkey Transmission of H1N1 Pandemic 2009 Virus in Turkey Breeder Flocks in Ontario and Manitoba, 2016.[/h] Berhane Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Ojkic D[SUP]2[/SUP], Pople N[SUP]3[/SUP], Lung O[SUP]1[/SUP], Pasick J[SUP]4[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Soon after the emergence of 2009 pandemic H1N1, the first outbreaks in breeder turkey operations were reported that implicated human-to-turkey transmission. In the spring of 2016, the reoccurrence of 2009 pandemic H1N1 lineage viruses infecting breeder turkey flocks in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada, also implicated human-to-turkey transmission. In addition to raising concerns over biosecurity and vaccine failures, these cases once again raise the issue of whether turkeys have the potential to act as a bridge species to generate novel influenza A virus reassortants with public health implications.
? 2016 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] loss of egg production; pandemic 2009 H1N1; turkeys

PMID: 27616070 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12566
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