Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in captive cheetah.
We describe virus isolation, full genome sequence analysis, and clinical pathology in ferrets experimentally inoculated with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus recovered from a clinically ill captive cheetah that had minimal human contact. Evidence of reverse zoonotic transmission by fomites underscores the substantial animal and human health implications of this virus.
California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California, Davis, California 96616, USA. bcrossle@cahfs.ucdavis.edu
Beate
B
Crossley
Sharon
S
Hietala
Tania
T
Hunt
Glenn
G
Benjamin
Marie
M
Martinez
Daniel
D
Darnell
Adam
A
Rubrum
Richard
R
Webby
D002612:Acinonyx / Q000821:virology*; D000820:Animal Diseases; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000821:virology*; D005289:Ferrets; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D058873:Pandemics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015047:Zoonoses