Swine influenza in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT: To study influenza viruses in pigs in Sri Lanka, we examined samples from pigs at slaughterhouses. Influenza (H3N2) and A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses were prevalent during 2004-2005 and 2009-2012, respectively. Genetic and epidemiologic analyses of human and swine influenza viruses indicated 2 events of A(H1N1)pdm09 virus spillover from humans to pigs.

SUBMITTER: Perera HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3647653 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature