title: Isolation and characterization of H4N6 avian influenza viruses from pigs with pneumonia in Canada.
abstract: In October 1999, H4N6 influenza A viruses were isolated from pigs with pneumonia on a commercial swine farm in Canada. Phylogenetic analyses of the sequences of all eight viral RNA segments demonstrated that these are wholly avian influenza viruses of the North American lineage. To our knowledge, this is the first report of interspecies transmission of an avian H4 influenza virus to domestic pigs under natural conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Karasin
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carman
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Olsen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*