Emergence of a new swine H3N2 and pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A virus reassortant in two Canadian animal populations, mink and swine

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Dec;49(12):4386-90. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05676-11. Epub 2011 Oct 19.

Abstract

A swine H3N2 (swH3N2) and pandemic (H1N1) 2009 (pH1N1) influenza A virus reassortant (swH3N2/pH1N1) was detected in Canadian swine at the end of 2010. Simultaneously, a similar virus was also detected in Canadian mink based on partial viral genome sequencing. The origin of the new swH3N2/pH1N1 viral genes was related to the North American swH3N2 triple-reassortant cluster IV (for hemagglutinin [HA] and neuraminidase [NA] genes) and to pH1N1 for all the other genes (M, NP, NS, PB1, PB2, and PA). Data indicate that the swH3N2/pH1N1 virus can be found in several pigs that are housed at different locations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Canada
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / genetics*
  • Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype / genetics*
  • Mink
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / virology*
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Reassortant Viruses / genetics*
  • Reassortant Viruses / isolation & purification*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / virology*
  • Viral Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • Viral Proteins

Associated data

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