Seroprevalence and risk factors for influenza a viruses in pigs in Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ramiah, Suriya Kumari, Hassan, Latiffah, Omar, Abdul Rahman, Ideris, Aini, Tan, C. G., Lim, Y. S., Mat Isa, Kamaruddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16677/1/Seroprevalence%20and%20risk%20factors%20for%20influenza%20a%20viruses%20in%20pigs%20in%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16677/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01138.x/abstract

Following a series of H5N1 cases in chickens and birds in a few states in Malaysia, there was much interest in the influenza A viruses subtypes that circulate among the local pig populations. Pigs may act as a mixing vessel for avian and mammal influenza viruses, resulting in new reassorted viruses....