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Influenza A(H3N2) Virus in Swine at Agricultural Fairs and Transmission to Humans, Michigan and Ohio, USA, 2016

2017; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 23; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid2309.170847

ISSN

1080-6059

Autores

Andrew S. Bowman, Rasna R. Walia, Jacqueline M. Nolting, Amy L. Vincent, Mary Lea Killian, Michele M. Zentkovich, Joshua N. Lorbach, Sarah E. Lauterbach, Tavis K. Anderson, C. Todd Davis, Natosha Zanders, Joyce Jones, Yunho Jang, Brian Lynch, Marisela R. Rodriguez, Lenee Blanton, Stephen Lindstrom, David E. Wentworth, John Schiltz, James J. Averill, Tony M. Forshey,

Tópico(s)

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Resumo

In 2016, a total of 18 human infections with influenza A(H3N2) virus occurred after exposure to influenza-infected swine at 7 agricultural fairs.Sixteen of these cases were the result of infection by a reassorted virus with increasing prevalence among US swine containing a hemagglutinin gene from 2010-11 human seasonal H3N2 strains.

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