Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2017)

Whole-Genome Characterization of a Novel Human Influenza A(H1N2) Virus Variant, Brazil

  • Paola Cristina Resende,
  • Priscila Silva Born,
  • Aline Rocha Matos,
  • Fernando Couto Motta,
  • Braulia Costa Caetano,
  • Maria do Carmo Debur,
  • Irina Nastassja Riediger,
  • David Brown,
  • Marilda M. Siqueira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161122
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 1
pp. 152 – 154

Abstract

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We report the characterization of a novel reassortant influenza A(H1N2) virus not previously reported in humans. Recovered from a a pig farm worker in southeast Brazil who had influenza-like illness, this virus is a triple reassortant containing gene segments from subtypes H1N2 (hemagglutinin), H3N2 (neuraminidase), and pandemic H1N1 (remaining genes).

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