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Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
Dispatch

Bidirectional Human–Swine Transmission of Seasonal Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus in Pig Herd, France, 2018

Amélie Chastagner1, Vincent Enouf1, David Peroz, Séverine Hervé, Pierrick Lucas, Stéphane Quéguiner, Stéphane Gorin, Véronique Beven, Sylvie Behillil, Philippe Leneveu, Emmanuel Garin, Yannick Blanchard, Sylvie van der Werf, and Gaëlle SimonComments to Author 
Author affiliations: French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Safety, Ploufragan, France (A. Chastagner, S. Hervé, P. Lucas, S. Quéguiner, S. Gorin, V. Beven, Y. Blanchard, G. Simon); Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (V. Enouf, S. Behillil, S. van der Werf); Atlantic Vétérinaires, Ancenis, France (D. Peroz); CEVA Santé Animale SA, Libourne, France (P. Leneveu); Coop de France, Paris (E. Garin); Plateforme Epidémiosurveillance Santé Animale, Lyon, France (E. Garin)

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Figure

Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree of hemagglutinin segments from influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 isolates from swine (blue dots) and humans, France, 2009–2018. Shaded box indicates swine-specific genogroup previously described by Chastagner et al. (6).

Figure. Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree of hemagglutinin segments from influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 isolates from swine (blue dots) and humans, France, 2009–2018. Shaded box indicates swine-specific genogroup previously described by Chastagner et al. (6).

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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