1. Special Issue "Ecology of Influenza A Viruses": Editorial.
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De Marco, Maria Alessandra, Delogu, Mauro, and Cotti, Claudia
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WILD boar ,DUCK plague ,VIRAL ecology ,INFLUENZA viruses ,INFLUENZA A virus ,INFLUENZA A virus, H5N1 subtype ,BIOLOGICAL evolution ,POULTRY farms - Abstract
For many years, it has been known that the IAV gene pool circulates in avian reservoir populations as low-pathogenic avian influenza viruses (LPAIVs), which, with respect to the H5 and H7 antigenic subtypes, can occasionally mutate in poultry into highly pathogenic (HP) AIVs, which are feared for their potential impact on animal and public health [[6]]. Hemagglutination-inhibition (HI)-positive test results - likely indicating infection with Gs/GD/96-lineage H5Nx HPAI viruses - were obtained every year with annual proportions ranging from 7.1% to 77.2%, thus suggesting the persistent, but intermittent, circulation of Gs/GD/96-lineage H5Nx HPAI viruses in domestic ducks and possible bi-directional spillover between domestic and wild birds. 25564096 20 Pérez-Ramírez E., Acevedo P., Allepuz A., Gerrikagoitia X., Alba A., Busquets N., Díaz-Sánchez S., Álvarez V., Abad F.X., Barral M. Ecological factors driving avian influenza virus dynamics in Spanish wetland ecosystems. Wild aquatic birds constitute the main natural reservoir of the influenza A virus (IAV) gene pool, from which novel IAVs can emerge to infect other animals including avian and mammalian species. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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