| pandemic h1n1 influenza isolated from free-ranging northern elephant seals in 2010 off the central california coast. | interspecies transmission of influenza a is an important factor in the evolution and ecology of influenza viruses. marine mammals are in contact with a number of influenza reservoirs, including aquatic birds and humans, and this may facilitate transmission among avian and mammalian hosts. virus isolation, whole genome sequencing, and hemagluttination inhibition assay confirmed that exposure to pandemic h1n1 influenza virus occurred among free-ranging northern elephant seals (mirounga angustirost ... | 2013 | 23690933 |