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During October of 1984 an influenza epidemic occurred on mink farms in the coastal region of South Sweden. Six strains of an influenza A virus were isolated. All six isolates were of the H10 subtype in combination with N4. The H10 subtype in combination with various N subtypes was hitherto only known to occur in avian strains, the prototype being the A/chicken/Germany/N/49 (H10N7) virus.
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Klingeborn, B., Englund, L., Rott, R. et al. An avian influenza A virus killing a mammalian species — the mink. Archives of Virology 86, 347–351 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309839
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