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Effect of serial pig passages on the adaptation of an avian H9N2 influenza virus to swine.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Mancera Gracia Jose Carlos, Van den Hoecke Silvie, Saelens Xavier, Van Reeth Kristien
Abstract excerpt
H9N2 avian influenza viruses are endemic in poultry in Asia and the Middle East. These viruses sporadically cause dead-end infections in pigs and humans raising concerns about their potential to adapt to mammals or reassort with human or swine influenza viruses. We performed ten serial passages with an avian H9N2 virus (A/quail/Hong Kong/G1/1997) in influenza naïve pigs to assess the potential of this virus to...
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