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

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

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 2...

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Main Authors: 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 Rodriguez, Lenee Blanton, Stephen Lindstrom, David Wentworth, John Schiltz, James J. Averill, Tony Forshey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
animals
disease outbreaks
influenza A virus
zoonoses
livestock
public health
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/9/17-0847_article

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