Influenza A virus infection of healthy piglets in an abattoir in Brazil: animal-human interface and risk for interspecies transmission

Influenza A virus infection of healthy piglets in an abattoir in Brazil: animal-human interface and risk for interspecies transmission

Asymptomatic influenza virus infections in pigs are frequent and the lack of measures for controlling viral spread facilitates the circulation of different virus strains between pigs. The goal of this study was to demonstrate the circulation of influenza A virus strains among asymptomatic piglets in...

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Main Authors: Ariane Ribeiro Amorim, Luz Alba Maria Garcete Fornells, Felicidade da Costa Reis, Daiana Jacinto Rezende, Gabriella da Silva Mendes, José Nelson dos Santos Silva Couceiro, Norma Suely de Oliveira Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2013-08-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
influenza virus
interspecies transmission
zoonosis
pork industry
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000500548&lng=en&tlng=en

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