Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2020)

Locally Acquired Human Infection with Swine-Origin Influenza A(H3N2) Variant Virus, Australia, 2018

  • Yi-Mo Deng,
  • Frank Y.K. Wong,
  • Natalie Spirason,
  • Matthew Kaye,
  • Rebecca Beazley,
  • Migue L.l Grau,
  • Songhua Shan,
  • Vittoria Stevens,
  • Kanta Subbarao,
  • Sheena Sullivan,
  • Ian G. Barr,
  • Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.191144
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 1
pp. 143 – 147

Abstract

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In 2018, a 15-year-old female adolescent in Australia was infected with swine influenza A(H3N2) variant virus. The virus contained hemagglutinin and neuraminidase genes derived from 1990s-like human seasonal viruses and internal protein genes from influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus, highlighting the potential risk that swine influenza A virus poses to human health in Australia.

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