| Literature DB >> 11289812 |
G F Rimmelzwaan1, J C de Jong, T M Bestebroer, A M van Loon, E C Claas, R A Fouchier, A D Osterhaus.
Abstract
It is generally believed that pigs can serve as an intermediate host for the transmission of avian influenza viruses to humans or as mixing vessels for the generation of avian-human reassortant viruses. Here we describe the antigenic and genetic characterization of two influenza A (H1N1) viruses, which were isolated in The Netherlands from two patients who suffered from pneumonia. Both viruses proved to be antigenically and genetically similar to avian-like swine influenza A (H1N1) viruses which currently circulate in European pigs. It is concluded that European swine H1N1 viruses can infect humans directly, causing serious disease without the need for any reassortment event. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11289812 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0810
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virology ISSN: 0042-6822 Impact factor: 3.616