2009 Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) resembles previous influenza isolates.

<h4>Background</h4>In April 2009, novel swine-origin influenza viruses (S-OIV) were identified in patients from Mexico and the United States. The viruses were genetically characterized as a novel influenza A (H1N1) strain originating in swine, and within a very short time the S-OIV strai...

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Main Authors: Carl Kingsford, Niranjan Nagarajan, Steven L Salzberg
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0006402&type=printable
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description <h4>Background</h4>In April 2009, novel swine-origin influenza viruses (S-OIV) were identified in patients from Mexico and the United States. The viruses were genetically characterized as a novel influenza A (H1N1) strain originating in swine, and within a very short time the S-OIV strain spread across the globe via human-to-human contact.<h4>Methodology</h4>We conducted a comprehensive computational search of all available sequences of the surface proteins of H1N1 swine influenza isolates and found that a similar strain to S-OIV appeared in Thailand in 2000. The earlier isolates caused infections in pigs but only one sequenced human case, A/Thailand/271/2005 (H1N1).<h4>Significance</h4>Differences between the Thai cases and S-OIV may help shed light on the ability of the current outbreak strain to spread rapidly among humans.
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spelling doaj-art-5f8f75ddea8540f9bb23e82da222fff52025-08-20T02:38:27ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032009-07-0147e640210.1371/journal.pone.00064022009 Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) resembles previous influenza isolates.Carl KingsfordNiranjan NagarajanSteven L Salzberg<h4>Background</h4>In April 2009, novel swine-origin influenza viruses (S-OIV) were identified in patients from Mexico and the United States. The viruses were genetically characterized as a novel influenza A (H1N1) strain originating in swine, and within a very short time the S-OIV strain spread across the globe via human-to-human contact.<h4>Methodology</h4>We conducted a comprehensive computational search of all available sequences of the surface proteins of H1N1 swine influenza isolates and found that a similar strain to S-OIV appeared in Thailand in 2000. The earlier isolates caused infections in pigs but only one sequenced human case, A/Thailand/271/2005 (H1N1).<h4>Significance</h4>Differences between the Thai cases and S-OIV may help shed light on the ability of the current outbreak strain to spread rapidly among humans.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0006402&type=printable
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Steven L Salzberg
2009 Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) resembles previous influenza isolates.
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title 2009 Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) resembles previous influenza isolates.
title_full 2009 Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) resembles previous influenza isolates.
title_fullStr 2009 Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) resembles previous influenza isolates.
title_full_unstemmed 2009 Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) resembles previous influenza isolates.
title_short 2009 Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) resembles previous influenza isolates.
title_sort 2009 swine origin influenza a h1n1 resembles previous influenza isolates
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