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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct;25(42):2001638.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.42.2001638.

Zoonotic infection with swine A/H1avN1 influenza virus in a child, Germany, June 2020

Ralf Dürrwald  1 , Marianne Wedde  1 , Barbara Biere  1 , Djin-Ye Oh  1 , Martina Heßler-Klee  2 , Christian Geidel  2 , Renate Volmer  3 , Anja Maria Hauri  4 , Kai Gerst  4 , Andrea Thürmer  1 , Sandra Appelt  1 , Janine Reiche  1 , Susanne Duwe  1 , Silke Buda  1 , Thorsten Wolff  1 , Walter Haas  1
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Zoonotic infection with swine A/H1avN1 influenza virus in a child, Germany, June 2020

Ralf Dürrwald et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

A zoonotic A/sw/H1avN1 1C.2.2 influenza virus infection was detected in a German child that presented with influenza-like illness, including high fever. There was a history of close contact with pigs 3 days before symptom onset. The child recovered within 3 days. No other transmissions were observed. Serological investigations of the virus isolate revealed cross-reactions with ferret antisera against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus, indicating a closer antigenic relationship with A(H1N1)pdm09 than with the former seasonal H1N1 viruses.

Keywords: Germany; epidemiology; influenza; influenza virus; laboratory; sentinel surveillance; viral infections; zoonotic infections.

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