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Swine Influenza A(H3N2) Virus Infection in Immunocompromised Man,Italy, 2014 |
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| Authors: | Antonio Piralla Ana Moreno Maria Ester Orlandi Elena Percivalle Chiara Chiapponi Fausto Vezzoli Fausto Baldanti the Influenza Surveillance Study Group |
| Affiliation: | Fondazione Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy (A. Piralla, M.E. Orlandi, E. Percivalle, F. Baldanti); ;Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia ed Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy (A. Moreno);;Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia ed Emilia Romagna, Parma, Italy (C. Chiapponi); ;Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia ed Emilia Romagna, Lodi, Italy (F. Vezzoli) |
| Abstract: | Because swine influenza virus infection is seldom diagnosed in humans, its frequency might be underestimated. We report a immunocompromised hematologic patient with swine influenza A(H3N2) virus in 2014 in Italy. Local pigs were the source of this human infection. |
| Keywords: | Swine influenza subtype H3N2 zoonoses viruses Italy influenza |