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SUBMITTER: Su S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810478 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Su Shuo S Fu Xinliang X Li Gairu G Kerlin Fiona F Veit Michael M
Virulence 20170825 8
In 2011, a new virus was isolated from pigs with influenza-like symptoms and subsequently also from cattle, which are the main reservoir of the virus. It is similar to Influenza C virus (ICV), a (predominantly) human pathogen, causing respiratory disease in children. Since the virus is unable to reassort with ICV (and based on several other criteria as discussed in the text) it is now officially named as Influenzavirus D (IDV), a new genus of the Orthomyxoviridae. We summarize the epidemiology, ...[more]