Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2017)

Porcine Hemagglutinating Encephalomyelitis Virus and Respiratory Disease in Exhibition Swine, Michigan, USA, 2015

  • Joshua N. Lorbach,
  • Leyi Wang,
  • Jacqueline M. Nolting,
  • Madonna G. Benjamin,
  • Mary Lea Killian,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Andrew S. Bowman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170019
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 7
pp. 1168 – 1171

Abstract

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Acute outbreaks of respiratory disease in swine at agricultural fairs in Michigan, USA, in 2015 raised concern for potential human exposure to influenza A virus. Testing ruled out influenza A virus and identified porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus as the cause of influenza-like illness in the affected swine.

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