Reassorted pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A virus discovered from pigs in Germany

J Gen Virol. 2011 May;92(Pt 5):1184-1188. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.028662-0. Epub 2011 Feb 9.

Abstract

A natural reassortant influenza A virus consisting of seven genome segments from pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus and a neuraminidase segment from a Eurasian porcine H1N1 influenza A virus was detected in a pig herd in Germany. The obvious reassortment compatibility between the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and H1N1 viruses of porcine origin raises concern as to whether swine may become a reservoir for further reassortants of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 viruses with unknown implications for human health and swine production.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Germany
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / genetics
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / virology
  • Reassortant Viruses / genetics
  • Reassortant Viruses / isolation & purification*
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / virology*