The National Reference Center for Respiratory Infections Viruses at the Pasteur Institute confirmed the infection. This is the first detection in humans of this virus in France.

The patient reportedly had exposure to live pigs in the week prior to onset of symptoms. He is in good condition and none of his close contacts have become symptomatic.

The virus detected in this human case is genetically close to porcine viruses recently detected in Brittany and elsewhere in France, identified as being of the “H1N2” genotype by the National Reference Laboratory (LNR) Porcine Influenza (ANSES), comprising a gene HA (hemagglutinin) which belongs to clade 1C.2.4.

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