Isolation of swine-like influenza A(H1N1) viruses from man in Switzerland and The Netherlands. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1989. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Isolation of swine-like influenza A(H1N1) viruses from man in Switzerland and The Netherlands.

Ann Inst Pasteur Virol. 1988 Oct-Dec;139(4):429-37. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/89105471
de Jong JC; Paccaud MF; de Ronde-Verloop FM; Huffels NH; Verwei C; Weijers TF; Bangma PJ; van Kregten E; Kerckhaert JA; Wicki F; et al; Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene, Laboratory; of Virology, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

Abstract: Swine influenza A (H1N1) viruses were isolated from two people in Switzerland and one in the Netherlands in early 1986. In haemagglutination-inhibition and neuraminidase-inhibition assays, the three viruses were closely related to one another and to the A/New Jersey/8/76 strain. The Swiss patients showed only mild symptoms, whereas the Dutch patient suffered from severe pneumonia. Two of the patients had been in close contact with diseased pigs. No such contact could be established for the third patient. None of the three individuals was known to suffer from immunodeficiency. No man-to-man transmission of the virus has been detected.
Keywords: Animal Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests Hemagglutinins, Viral/ANALYSIS Human Netherlands Neuraminidase/ANALYSIS Orthomyxovirus Type A, Porcine/*ISOLATION & PURIF Orthomyxoviruses Type A/*ISOLATION & PURIF Swine/MICROBIOLOGY Switzerland Zoonoses JOURNAL ARTICLE

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