Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2013)

Swine Influenza in Sri Lanka

  • Harsha K. K. Perera,
  • Geethani Wickramasinghe,
  • Chung L. Cheung,
  • Hiroshi Nishiura,
  • David K. Smith,
  • Leo L. M. Poon,
  • Aluthgama K. C. Perera,
  • Siu K. Ma,
  • Narapiti P. Sunil-Chandra,
  • Yi Guan,
  • Joseph S. M. Peiris

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1903.120945
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 3
pp. 481 – 484

Abstract

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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.

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