Genetic recombination between human and animal parasites creates novel strains of human pathogen.

• Main Authors: Wendy Gibson (Author), Lori Peacock (Author), Vanessa Ferris (Author), Katrin Fischer (Author), Jennifer Livingstone (Author), James Thomas (Author), Mick Bailey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Genetic recombination between pathogens derived from humans and livestock has the potential to create novel pathogen strains, highlighted by the influenza pandemic H1N1/09, which was derived from a re-assortment of swine, avian and human influenza A viruses. Here we investigated whether genetic reco...