Influenza A viruses and zoonotic events—are we creating our own reservoirs?

S Kessler, TC Harder, M Schwemmle, K Ciminski - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Zoonotic infections of humans with influenza A viruses (IAVs) from animal reservoirs can
result in severe disease in individuals and, in rare cases, lead to pandemic outbreaks; this is …

Influenza A viruses: understanding human host determinants

K Ciminski, GP Chase, M Beer… - Trends in Molecular …, 2021 - cell.com
Previous influenza A virus (IAV) pandemics have invariably been caused by the introduction
of an emergent IAV strain from an animal host into a human population with no or only little …

Human anti-N1 monoclonal antibodies elicited by pandemic H1N1 virus infection broadly inhibit HxN1 viruses in vitro and in vivo

L Hansen, M McMahon, HL Turner, X Zhu, JS Turner… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Neuraminidase (NA) is one of the two influenza virus surface glycoproteins, and antibodies
that target it are an independent correlate of protection. However, our current understanding …

[PDF][PDF] The neighborhood of the spike gene is a hotspot for modular intertypic homologous and nonhomologous recombination in coronavirus genomes

M Nikolaidis, P Markoulatos… - Molecular biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Coronaviruses (CoVs) have very large RNA viral genomes with a distinct genomic
architecture of core and accessory open reading frames (ORFs). It is of utmost importance to …

The influenza A virus genome packaging network—complex, flexible and yet unsolved

C Jakob, R Paul-Stansilaus, M Schwemmle… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The genome of influenza A virus (IAV) consists of eight unique viral RNA segments. This
genome organization allows genetic reassortment between co-infecting IAV strains …

Emergence of swine influenza A virus, porcine respirovirus 1 and swine orthopneumovirus in porcine respiratory disease in Germany

A Graaf-Rau, C Hennig, K Lillie-Jaschniski… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Respiratory disease is a significant economic issue in pig farming, with a complex aetiology
that includes swine influenza A viruses (swIAV), which are common in European domestic …

Reverse-zoonoses of 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza A viruses and evolution in United States swine results in viruses with zoonotic potential

A Markin, G Ciacci Zanella, ZW Arendsee… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The 2009 H1N1 pandemic (pdm09) lineage of influenza A virus (IAV) crosses interspecies
barriers with frequent human-to-swine spillovers each year. These spillovers reassort and …

Experimental infection of pigs and ferrets with “pre-pandemic,” human-adapted, and swine-adapted variants of the H1N1pdm09 influenza A virus reveals significant …

C Kristensen, HA Laybourn, JC Crumpton… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Influenza A viruses are RNA viruses that cause epidemics in humans and are enzootic in the
pig population globally. In 2009, pig-to-human transmission of a reassortant H1N1 virus …

Association of common zoonotic pathogens with concentrated animal feeding operations

Y Guo, U Ryan, Y Feng, L Xiao - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Animal farming has intensified significantly in recent decades, with the emergence of
concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in industrialized nations. The congregation …

The genomic landscape of swine influenza A viruses in Southeast Asia

MA Zeller, J Ma, FY Wong, S Tum… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Swine are a primary source for the emergence of pandemic influenza A viruses. The
intensification of swine production, along with global trade, has amplified the transmission …