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Equine influenza A(H3N8) virus isolated from Bactrian camel, Mongolia (opens in a new tab)
Yondon M, Zayat B, Nelson MI, Heil GL, Anderson BD, Lin X, Halpin RA, McKenzie PP, White SK, Wentworth DE, Gray GC
Emerg Infect Dis 2014 20(12):2144-7
DOI 10.3201/eid2012.140435 (opens in a new tab) PubMed ID 25418532 (opens in a new tab) PubMed Central PMC4257804 (opens in a new tab) Download PDF (opens in a new tab)
Abstract
Because little is known about the ecology of influenza viruses in camels, 460 nasal swab specimens were collected from healthy (no overt illness) Bactrian camels in Mongolia during 2012. One specimen was positive for influenza A virus (A/camel/Mongolia/335/2012[H3N8]), which is phylogenetically related to equine influenza A(H3N8) viruses and probably represents natural horse-to-camel transmission.