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Molecular Epidemiology of Influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 Virus among Humans and Swine, Sri Lanka
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2014) Perera, H.K.K.; Vijaykrishna, D.; Premarathna, A.G.; Jayamaha, C.J.; Wickramasinghe, G.; Cheung, C.L.; Yeung, M.F.; Poon, L.L.; Perera, A.K.; Barr, I.G.; Guan, Y.; Peiris, M.
After multiple discrete introductions of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus into Sri Lanka, the virus was transmitted among humans, then swine. The spread of virus between geographically distant swine farms is consistent with virus dispersal associated with a vehicle used for swine transportation, although this remains unproven
Swine influenza in Sri Lanka.
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2013) Perera, H.K.K.; Wickramasinghe, G.; Cheung, C.L.; Nishiura, H.; Smith, D.K.; Poon, L.L.; Perera, A.K.; Ma, S.K.; Sunil-Chandra, N.P.; Guan, Y.; Peiris, J.S.
To study influenza viruses in pigs in Sri Lanka, we examined samples from pigs at slaughterhouses. Influenza (H3N2) and A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses were prevalent during 2004-2005 and 2009-2012, respectively. Genetic and epidemiologic analyses of human and swine influenza viruses indicated 2 events of A(H1N1)pdm09 virus spillover from humans to pigs