| Literature DB >> 25778544 |
Mariette F Ducatez1, Félix Awoume2, Richard J Webby3.
Abstract
We collected 325 nasal swabs from freshly slaughtered previously healthy pigs from October 2012 through January 2014 in a slaughterhouse near Lomé in Togo. Influenza A virus genome was detected by RT-PCR in 2.5-12.3% of the pooled samples, and results of hemagglutinin subtyping RT-PCR assays showed the virus in all the positive pools to be A(H1N1)pdm09. Virus was isolated on MDCK cells from a representative specimen, A/swine/Togo/ONA32/2013(H1N1). The isolate was fully sequenced and harbored eight genes similar to A(H1N1)pdm09 virus genes circulating in humans in 2012-2013, suggesting human-to-swine transmission of the pathogen.Entities:
Keywords: H1N1; Influenza virus; Interspecies transmission; Pandemic; Swine; Togo
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25778544 PMCID: PMC4388795 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.02.028
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet Microbiol ISSN: 0378-1135 Impact factor: 3.293