TY - JOUR AU - Perera, Harsha K. K. AU - Wickramasinghe, Geethani AU - Cheung, Chung AU - Nishiura, Hiroshi AU - Smith, David AU - Poon, Leo L. M. AU - Perera, Aluthgama K. C. AU - Ma, Siu AU - Sunil-Chandra, Narapiti AU - Guan, Yi AU - Peiris, Joseph S. M. T1 - Swine Influenza in Sri Lanka T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 3 SP - 481 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To study influenza viruses in pigs in Sri Lanka, we examined samples from pigs at slaughterhouses. Influenza (H3N2) and A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses were prevalent during 2004–2005 and 2009–2012, respectively. Genetic and epidemiologic analyses of human and swine influenza viruses indicated 2 events of A(H1N1)pdm09 virus spillover from humans to pigs. KW - swine influenza KW - Sri Lanka KW - epidemiology KW - viruses KW - spillover KW - ecology KW - A(H1N1)pdm09 KW - influenza DO - 10.3201/eid1903.120945 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/3/12-0945_article ER - End of Reference