Variant Influenza Associated with Live Animal Markets, Minnesota

• Published in: Zoonoses and public health Vol. 62; no. 5; pp. 326 - 330
• Main Authors: Choi, M. J., Morin, C. A., Scheftel, J., Vetter, S. M., Smith, K., Lynfield, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Blackwell Verlag 01.08.2015; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Animals; Child; Commerce; Disease Outbreaks - veterinary; Epidemiology; Female; H1N1 subtype; human influenza A virus; Humans; Infant; Influenza; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - genetics; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - isolation & purification; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - virology; Male; Minnesota - epidemiology; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - epidemiology; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - veterinary; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - virology; Swine; Swine Diseases - epidemiology; Swine Diseases - virology; Swine flu; Zoonoses; Minnesota; human influenza A virus; H1N1 subtype; Influenza
• ISSN: 1863-1959; 1863-2378
• DOI: 10.1111/zph.12139

Variant influenza viruses are swine‐origin influenza A viruses that cause illness in humans. Surveillance for variant influenza A viruses, including characterization of exposure settings, is important because of the potential emergence of novel influenza viruses with pandemic potential. In Minnesota, we have documented variant influenza A virus infections associated with swine exposure at live animal markets.