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SUBMITTER: Su S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3416122 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of virology 20120901 17
We report here the complete genomic sequence of an avian-like H4N8 swine influenza virus containing an H5N1 avian influenza virus segment from swine in southern China. Phylogenetic analyses of the sequences of all eight viral RNA segments demonstrated that these are wholly avian influenza viruses of the Asia lineage. To our knowledge, this is the first report of interspecies transmission of an avian H4N8 influenza virus to domestic pigs under natural conditions. ...[more]