Astroviruses are small, non-enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses that
belong to the Astroviridae family. Astroviruses infect diverse hosts and are typically …

A majority of emerging infectious diseases are of zoonotic origin. Metagenomic Next-
Generation Sequencing (mNGS) has been employed to identify uncommon and novel …

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

Malabsorption syndrome (MAS) is an economically important disease of young,
commercially reared broilers, characterized by growth retardation, defective feather …

Traditionally, medicine has held that some human body sites are sterile and that the
introduction of microbes to these sites results in infections. This paradigm shifted …

Abstract Knowledge of the distribution and diversity of RNA viruses is still limited in spite of
their possible environmental and epidemiological impacts because RNA virus-specific …

This study is focused on the identification of the faecal virome of healthy chickens raised in
high-density, export-driven poultry farms in Brazil. Following high-throughput sequencing, a …

Background Enteric diseases are an important health problem for the intensive poultry
industry, resulting in considerable economic losses. Apart from such microbiological agents …

Sweet potato stem nematode disease is a devastating disease, which seriously affects the
yield and quality of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.). At present, soil treatment with …

Several RNA viruses such as astrovirus, rotavirus, reovirus and parvovirus have been
detected in both healthy and diseased commercial poultry flocks. The aim of this study was …