Open AccessReassorted pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A virus discovered from pigs in Germany
Author(s) -
Elke Starick,
Elke Lange,
Sasan Fereidouni,
C. Bunzenthal,
Robert Höveler,
Annette Kuczka,
Elisabeth große Beilage,
Hans-Peter Hamann,
Irene Klingelhöfer,
Dirk Steinhauer,
Thomas W. Vahlenkamp,
Martin Beer,
Timm Harder
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of general virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1465-2099
pISSN - 0022-1317
DOI - 10.1099/vir.0.028662-0
Subject(s) - reassortment , virology , pandemic , biology , neuraminidase , virus , influenza a virus , h5n1 genetic structure , antigenic shift , genome , covid-19 , antigenic drift , gene , genetics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , disease , pathology
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.
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