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ArticleeLife2016

Origins of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in swine in Mexico.

Ignacio Mena, Martha I Nelson, Francisco Quezada-Monroy, Jayeeta Dutta, Refugio Cortes-Fernández, J Horacio Lara-Puente, Felipa Castro-Peralta, Luis F Cunha, Nídia S Trovão, Bernardo Lozano-Dubernard and 3 more

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221 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Ignacio MenaDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.
Martha I NelsonDivision of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Francisco Quezada-MonroyLaboratorio Avi-Mex, Mexico City, Mexico.
Jayeeta DuttaGenetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.
Refugio Cortes-FernándezLaboratorio Avi-Mex, Mexico City, Mexico.
J Horacio Lara-PuenteLaboratorio Avi-Mex, Mexico City, Mexico.
Felipa Castro-PeraltaLaboratorio Avi-Mex, Mexico City, Mexico.
Luis F CunhaGenetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.
Nídia S TrovãoDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2106-1166
Bernardo Lozano-DubernardLaboratorio Avi-Mex, Mexico City, Mexico.
Andrew RambautDivision of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Harm van BakelGenetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.
Adolfo García-SastreDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6551-1827

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400008C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asia is considered an important source of influenza A virus (IAV) pandemics, owing to large, diverse viral reservoirs in poultry and swine. However, the zoonotic origins of the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic virus (pdmH1N1) remain unclear, due to conflicting evidence from swine and humans. There is strong evidence that the first human outbreak of pdmH1N1 occurred in Mexico in early 2009. However, no related swine viruses have been detected in Mexico or any part of the Americas, and to date the most closely related ancestor viruses were identified in Asian swine. Here, we use 58 new whole-genome sequences from IAVs collected in Mexican swine to establish that the swine virus responsible for the 2009 pandemic evolved in central Mexico. This finding highlights how the 2009 pandemic arose from a region not considered a pandemic risk, owing to an expansion of IAV diversity in swine resulting from long-distance live swine trade.

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Evolution, MolecularAnimalsHumansInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanMexicoOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsPandemicsSequence Analysis, DNASwineSwine DiseasesZoonoses2009 pandemicepidemiologyevolutionglobal healthinfectious diseaseinfluenza A virusmicrobiologyphylogeographyswineviruszoonosis

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PMCPMC4957980

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