Influenza A Virus Infections in Dromedary Camels, Nigeria and Ethiopia, 2015-2017

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jan;26(1):173-176. doi: 10.3201/eid2601.191165.

Abstract

We examined nasal swabs and serum samples acquired from dromedary camels in Nigeria and Ethiopia during 2015-2017 for evidence of influenza virus infection. We detected antibodies against influenza A(H1N1) and A(H3N2) viruses and isolated an influenza A(H1N1)pdm09-like virus from a camel in Nigeria. Influenza surveillance in dromedary camels is needed.

Keywords: Ethiopia; H1N1; H3N2; Nigeria; camels; dromedary camels; influenza; influenza A; influenza A virus; influenza A(H1N1)pdm09; phylogenetic analysis; respiratory infections; reverse zoonosis; serology; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Camelus / virology*
  • Ethiopia / epidemiology
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
  • Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype
  • Influenza A virus*
  • Nigeria / epidemiology
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / virology