TY - T1 - The first detection of influenza in the Finnish pig population: a retrospective study SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/44650 T3 - A1 - Nokireki, T.; Laine, T.; London, L.; Ikonen, N.; Huovilainen, A. A2 - PB - Y1 - 2013 LA - en AB - Background: Swine influenza is an infectious acute respiratory disease of pigs caused by influenza A virus. We investigated the time of entry of swine influenza into the Finnish pig population. We also describe the molecular detection of two types of influenza A (H1N1) viruses in porcine samples submitted in 2009 and 2010. This retrospective study was based on three categories of samples: blood samples collected for disease monitoring from pigs at major slaughterhouses from 2007 to 2009; blo... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Porcine; Influenza A; H1N1; Serology; Phylogenetic analysis; Finland N1 - PP - ER -