Antigenic Detection of Human Strain of Influenza Virus A (H3N2) in Swine Populations at Three Locations in Nigeria and Ghana during the Dry Early Months of 2014

• Published in: Zoonoses and public health Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 106 - 111
• Main Authors: Adeola, O. A., Olugasa, B. O., Emikpe, B. O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Blackwell Verlag 01.03.2016; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal Husbandry; Animals; Antigenic detection; Antigens, Viral - analysis; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Ghana; Ghana - epidemiology; Hogs; human strain; Humans; Influenza; Influenza A (H3N2) virus; Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype - immunology; Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype - isolation & purification; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Nasal Septum - virology; Nigeria; Nigeria - epidemiology; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - epidemiology; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - virology; Pandemics; Seasons; Surveys and Questionnaires; Swine; Swine Diseases - epidemiology; Swine Diseases - virology; Viruses; Zoonoses - epidemiology; Zoonoses - virology; Nigeria; Ghana; swine; Influenza A (H3N2) virus; Antigenic detection; Ghana; human strain; Nigeria

Since the first detection of human H3N2 influenza virus in Taiwanese pigs in 1970, infection of pigs with wholly human viruses has been known to occur in other parts of the world. These viruses, referred to as human‐like H3N2 viruses, have been known to cause clinical and subclinical infections of s...