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Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jun;16(6):1043-5.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Skunks, Canada.
Britton AP, Sojonky KR, Scouras AP, Bidulka JJ.
Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
Abstract
To the Editor: In March 2009, a novel influenza virus A (H1N1) emerged in Mexico, and, because of widespread human-to-human transmission, a global pandemic was declared in June 2009 (1). Although most cases have involved humans, pandemic (H1N1) 2009 has sporadically infected swine and turkeys and has also been reported in a small number of pet ferrets, cats, and captive cheetahs, and in a dog (2). Many of these animals were cared for by persons who experienced influenza-like illness and the owner of 1 cat who died had confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 respiratory disease before the cat became ill, which suggests probable human-to animal-transmission of the virus (2).
PMID: 20507775 [PubMed - in process]
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Skunks, Canada.
Britton AP, Sojonky KR, Scouras AP, Bidulka JJ.
Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
Abstract
To the Editor: In March 2009, a novel influenza virus A (H1N1) emerged in Mexico, and, because of widespread human-to-human transmission, a global pandemic was declared in June 2009 (1). Although most cases have involved humans, pandemic (H1N1) 2009 has sporadically infected swine and turkeys and has also been reported in a small number of pet ferrets, cats, and captive cheetahs, and in a dog (2). Many of these animals were cared for by persons who experienced influenza-like illness and the owner of 1 cat who died had confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 respiratory disease before the cat became ill, which suggests probable human-to animal-transmission of the virus (2).
PMID: 20507775 [PubMed - in process]
