There is growing interest in emerging viruses that can cause serious or lethal disease in
humans and animals. The proliferation of cloacal virome studies, mainly focused on poultry …

Emerging viral diseases continue to have a major global impact on human beings and
animals. To be able to take adequate measures in case of an outbreak of an emerging …

Increased globalisation, climatic changes and wildlife-livestock interface led to emergence
of novel viral pathogens or zoonoses that have become serious concern to avian, animal …

Highlights•The role of birds in cross-species transmission and emergence of novel viruses
such as avian influenza A viruses are discussed.•The novel avian viruses identified between …

Birds are frequent sources of emerging human infectious diseases. Viral particles were
enriched from the feces of 51 wild urban pigeons (Columba livia) from Hong Kong and …

Picornaviridae is one of the most diverse families of viruses infecting vertebrate species. In
contrast to the relative small number of mammal species compared to other vertebrates, the …

Background Wild birds may harbor and transmit viruses that are potentially pathogenic to
humans, domestic animals, and other wildlife. Results Using the viral metagenomic …

Poxviruses (family: Poxviridae) infect many avian species, causing several disease
outcomes, the most common of which are proliferative lesions on the legs, feet, and/or head …

A highly conserved RNA-motif of yet unknown function, called stem-loop-2-like motif (s2m),
has been identified in the 3′ end of the genomes of viruses belonging to different RNA …

In this territory-wide molecular epidemiology study of picornaviruses, involving 6765 dead
wild birds from 201 species in 50 families over a 12 month period, three novel …