Swine Influenza A(H3N2) Virus Infection in Immunocompromised Man, Italy, 2014

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jul;21(7):1189-91. doi: 10.3201/eid2107.140981.

Abstract

Because swine influenza virus infection is seldom diagnosed in humans, its frequency might be underestimated. We report a immunocompromised hematologic patient with swine influenza A(H3N2) virus in 2014 in Italy. Local pigs were the source of this human infection.

Keywords: Italy; Swine influenza; influenza; subtype H3N2; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype*
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis*
  • Influenza, Human / immunology
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Italy
  • Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells
  • Male
  • Multiple Myeloma / immunology*
  • Sus scrofa
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / virology*