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Antigenic and genetic characterization of a European avian-like H1N1 swine influenza virus from a boy in China in 2011
- Source :
- Archives of virology. 158(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Cross-species transmission of influenza A viruses from swine to human occurs occasionally. In 2011, an influenza A H1N1 virus, A/Jiangsu/ALS1/2011 (JS/ALS1/2011), was isolated from a boy who suffered from severe pneumonia in China. The virus is closely related antigenically and genetically to avian-like swine H1N1 viruses that have recently been circulating in pigs in China and that were initially detected in European pig populations in 1979. The isolation of JS/ALS1/2011 provides additional evidence that swine influenza viruses can occasionally infect humans and emphasizes the importance of reinforcing influenza virus surveillance in both pigs and humans.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
China
Swine
viruses
Molecular Sequence Data
Biology
medicine.disease_cause
Antibodies, Viral
H5N1 genetic structure
Virus
Medical microbiology
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
Antigen
Orthomyxoviridae Infections
Virology
Influenza, Human
medicine
Animals
Humans
Antigens, Viral
Phylogeny
Swine Diseases
Transmission (medicine)
virus diseases
Genetic Variation
Influenza a
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1
Child, Preschool
Pneumonia (non-human)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14328798
- Volume :
- 158
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of virology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....65dccf9acfbedc3d1664a75aadc457b5