Reoccurrence of Suspected Human-to-Turkey Transmission of H1N1 Pandemic 2009 Virus in Turkey Breeder Flocks in Ontario and Manitoba, 2016

Transbound Emerg Dis. 2016 Dec;63(6):590-594. doi: 10.1111/tbed.12566. Epub 2016 Sep 11.

Abstract

Soon after the emergence of 2009 pandemic H1N1, the first outbreaks in breeder turkey operations were reported that implicated human-to-turkey transmission. In the spring of 2016, the reoccurrence of 2009 pandemic H1N1 lineage viruses infecting breeder turkey flocks in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada, also implicated human-to-turkey transmission. In addition to raising concerns over biosecurity and vaccine failures, these cases once again raise the issue of whether turkeys have the potential to act as a bridge species to generate novel influenza A virus reassortants with public health implications.

Keywords: loss of egg production; pandemic 2009 H1N1; turkeys.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Canada
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza Vaccines / immunology
  • Influenza in Birds / epidemiology
  • Influenza in Birds / etiology*
  • Influenza, Human / transmission*
  • Manitoba
  • Ontario
  • Reassortant Viruses
  • Recurrence
  • Turkeys

Substances

  • Influenza Vaccines

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KX232474
  • GENBANK/KX232497
  • GENBANK/KX232498
  • GENBANK/KX232513