An avian influenza A virus killing a mammalian species--the mink. Brief report.
During October of 1984 an influenza epidemic occurred on mink farms in the coastal region of South Sweden. Six strains of an influenza A virus were isolated. All six isolates were of the H 10 subtype in combination with N4. The H 10 subtype in combination with various N subtypes was hitherto only known to occur in avian strains, the prototype being the A/chicken/Germany/N/49 (H 10N7) virus.
D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008907:Mink; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*