Recently emerged swine influenza A virus (H2N3) causes severe pneumonia in Cynomolgus macaques.

The triple reassortant H2N3 virus isolated from diseased pigs in the United States in 2006 is pathogenic for certain mammals without prior adaptation and transmits among swine and ferrets. Adaptation, in the H2 hemagglutinin derived from an avian virus, includes the ability to bind to the mammalian...

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Main Authors: Juergen A Richt, Barry Rockx, Wenjun Ma, Friederike Feldmann, David Safronetz, Andrea Marzi, Darwyn Kobasa, James E Strong, Lisa Kercher, Dan Long, Don Gardner, Douglas Brining, Heinz Feldmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3394781?pdf=render