Article
Expanded Cocirculation of Stable Subtypes, Emerging Lineages, and New Sporadic Reassortants of Porcine Influenza Viruses in Swine Populations in Northwest Germany
4 Jul 2013
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of the human 2009 pandemic H1N1 (H1N1pdm) virus from swine populations refocused public and scientific attention on swine as an important source of influenza A viruses bearing zoonotic potential. Widespread and year-round circulation of at least four stable lineages of porcine influenza viruses between 2009 and 2012 in a region of Germany with a high-density swine population is documented here....
