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Reassortants of pandemic influenza A virus H1N1/2009 and endemic porcine HxN2 viruses emerge in swine populations in Germany.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Aug 2012
Starick Elke, Lange Elke, Grund Christian, Grosse Beilage Elisabeth, Döhring Stefanie, Maas Alexander, Noé Thomas, Beer Martin, Harder Timm C
Abstract excerpt
The incursion of the human pandemic influenza A virus H1N1 (2009) (H1N1 pdm) into pig populations and its ongoing co-circulation with endemic swine influenza viruses (SIVs) has yielded distinct human-porcine reassortant virus lineages. The haemagglutinin (HA) gene of H1N1 pdm was detected in 41 influenza virus-positive samples from seven swine herds in north-west Germany in 2011. Eight of these samples yielded...
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