{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Larison B"],"funding":["FIC NIH HHS"],"pagination":["55"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4016523"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>The 2009 pH1N1 influenza pandemic resulted in at least 18,500 deaths worldwide. While pH1N1 is now considered to be in a post-pandemic stage in humans it has nevertheless spilled back into swine in at least 20 countries. Understanding the factors that increase the risk of spillover events between swine and humans is essential to predicting and preventing future outbreaks. We assessed risk factors that may have led to spillover of pH1N1 from humans to swine in Cameroon, Central Africa. We sampled swine, domestic poultry and wild birds for influenza A virus at twelve sites in Cameroon from December 2009 while the pandemic was ongoing, to August 2012. At the same time we conducted point-count surveys to assess the abundance of domestic livestock and wild birds and assess in"],"journal":["BMC veterinary research"],"pubmed_title":["Spillover of pH1N1 to swine in Cameroon: an investigation of risk factors."],"pmcid":["PMC4016523"],"funding_grant_id":["R01-TW007869"],"pubmed_authors":["Njabo KY","Smith TB","Harrigan RJ","Larison B","Chasar A","Fuller T"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Spillover of pH1N1 to swine in Cameroon: an investigation of risk factors.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>The 2009 pH1N1 influenza pandemic resulted in at least 18,500 deaths worldwide. While pH1N1 is now considered to be in a post-pandemic stage in humans it has nevertheless spilled back into swine in at least 20 countries. Understanding the factors that increase the risk of spillover events between swine and humans is essential to predicting and preventing future outbreaks. We assessed risk factors that may have led to spillover of pH1N1 from humans to swine in Cameroon, Central Africa. We sampled swine, domestic poultry and wild birds for influenza A virus at twelve sites in Cameroon from December 2009 while the pandemic was ongoing, to August 2012. At the same time we conducted point-count surveys to assess the abundance of domestic livestock and wild birds and assess in","dates":{"release":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2014 Mar","modification":"2026-05-02T00:07:26.492Z","creation":"2026-04-07T17:25:27.184Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4016523","cross_references":{"pubmed":["24593895"],"doi":["10.1186/1746-6148-10-55"]}}