CDC Awaits Clinical Specimen from Fatal Variant Flu Case in Brazil | CDC - ISS-G20 Laboratorium Repository

On June 7, 2023, the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MoH) reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) a fatal human infection with a swine influenza A(H1N1)v virus, a virus that typically spreads in pigs and not people. A clinical specimen collected from the patient is being sent to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for confirmation and further characterization of the virus. While not common, human infections with swine influenza viruses do happen. The specimen is being sent to CDC as the agency’s Influenza Division is one of seven World Health Organization Influenza Collaborating Centers that support global influenza surveillance.

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