Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2014)

Molecular Epidemiology of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus among Humans and Swine, Sri Lanka

  • Harsha K.K. Perera,
  • Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna,
  • Akuratiya G. Premarathna,
  • Chrishan J.S. Jayamaha,
  • Geethani Wickramasinghe,
  • Chung L. Cheung,
  • Ming F. Yeung,
  • Leo L.M. Poon,
  • Aluthgama K.C. Perera,
  • Ian Barr,
  • Yi Guan,
  • Ahmad M. Hakawi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2012.140842
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 12
pp. 2080 – 2084

Abstract

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After multiple discrete introductions of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus into Sri Lanka, the virus was transmitted among humans, then swine. The spread of virus between geographically distant swine farms is consistent with virus dispersal associated with a vehicle used for swine transportation, although this remains unproven.

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