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ArticleMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz2013

Influenza A virus infection of healthy piglets in an abattoir in Brazil: animal-human interface and risk for interspecies transmission.

Ariane Ribeiro Amorim, Luz Alba Maria Garcete Fornells, Felicidade da Costa Reis, Daiana Jacinto Rezende, Gabriella da Silva Mendes, José Nelson dos Santos Silva Couceiro, Norma Suely de Oliveira Santos

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Article in Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Ariane Ribeiro AmorimInstituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Luz Alba Maria Garcete Fornells
Felicidade da Costa Reis
Daiana Jacinto Rezende
Gabriella da Silva Mendes
José Nelson dos Santos Silva Couceiro
Norma Suely de Oliveira Santos

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asymptomatic influenza virus infections in pigs are frequent and the lack of measures for controlling viral spread facilitates the circulation of different virus strains between pigs. The goal of this study was to demonstrate the circulation of influenza A virus strains among asymptomatic piglets in an abattoir in Brazil and discuss the potential public health impacts. Tracheal samples (n = 330) were collected from asymptomatic animals by a veterinarian that also performed visual lung tissue examinations. No slaughtered animals presented with any noticeable macroscopic signs of influenza infection following examination of lung tissues. Samples were then analysed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction that resulted in the identification of 30 (9%) influenza A positive samples. The presence of asymptomatic pig infections suggested that these animals could facilitate virus dissemination and act as a source of infection for the herd, thereby enabling the emergence of influenza outbreaks associated with significant economic losses. Furthermore, the continuous exposure of the farm and abattoir workers to the virus increases the risk for interspecies transmission. Monitoring measures of swine influenza virus infections and vaccination and monitoring of employees for influenza infection should also be considered. In addition regulatory agencies should consider the public health ramifications regarding the potential zoonotic viral transmission between humans and pigs.

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Occupational ExposureAbattoirsAnimalsAsymptomatic DiseasesBrazilInfluenza A virusMaleOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRisk FactorsSus scrofaSwineSwine Diseases

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PMID23903968
PMCPMC3970599

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