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Evidence for Cross-species Influenza A Virus Transmission Within Swine Farms, China: A One Health, Prospective Cohort Study.


ABSTRACT: Background:Our understanding of influenza A virus transmission between humans and pigs is limited. Methods:Beginning in 2015, we used a One Health approach and serial sampling to prospectively study 299 swine workers and 100 controls, their 9000 pigs, and 6 pig farm environments in China for influenza A viruses (IAVs) using molecular, culture, and immunological techniques. Study participants were closely monitored for influenza-like illness (ILI) events. Results:Upon enrollment, swine workers had higher serum neutralizing antibody titers against swine H1N1 and higher nasal wash total immunoglobulin A (IgA) and specific IgA titers against swine H1N1 and H3N2 viruses. Over a period of 12 months, IAVs were detected by quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction in 46 of 396 (11.6%) environmental swabs, 235 of 3300 (7.1%) pig oral secretion, 23 of 396 (5.8%) water, 20 of 396 (5.1%) aerosol, and 19 of 396 (4.8%) fecal-slurry specimens. Five of 32 (15.6%) participants with ILI events had nasopharyngeal swab specimens that were positive for IAV, and 17 (53.1%) demonstrated 4-fold rises in neutralization titers against a swine virus. Reassorted Eurasian avian-lineage H1N1, A(H1N1)pdm09-like, and swine-lineage H3N2 viruses were identified in pig farms. The A(H1N1)pdm09-like H1N1 viruses identified in swine were nearly genetically identical to the human H1N1 viruses isolated from the participants with ILI. Conclusions:There was considerable evidence of A(H1N1)pdm09-like, swine-lineage H1N1, and swine-lineage H3N2 viruses circulating, likely reassorting, and likely crossing species within the pig farms. These data suggest that stronger surveillance for novel influenza virus emergence within swine farms is imperative.

SUBMITTER: Ma MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5848305 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evidence for Cross-species Influenza A Virus Transmission Within Swine Farms, China: A One Health, Prospective Cohort Study.

Ma Mai-Juan MJ   Wang Guo-Lin GL   Anderson Benjamin D BD   Bi Zhen-Qiang ZQ   Lu Bing B   Wang Xian-Jun XJ   Wang Chuang-Xin CX   Chen Shan-Hui SH   Qian Yan-Hua YH   Song Shao-Xia SX   Li Min M   Lednicky John A JA   Zhao Teng T   Wu Meng-Na MN   Cao Wu-Chun WC   Gray Gregory C GC  

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20180201 4


<h4>Background</h4>Our understanding of influenza A virus transmission between humans and pigs is limited.<h4>Methods</h4>Beginning in 2015, we used a One Health approach and serial sampling to prospectively study 299 swine workers and 100 controls, their 9000 pigs, and 6 pig farm environments in China for influenza A viruses (IAVs) using molecular, culture, and immunological techniques. Study participants were closely monitored for influenza-like illness (ILI) events.<h4>Results</h4>Upon enroll  ...[more]

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