supported by the Sustainable Agriculture Development Fund(SADF)granted by the Agriculture,Fisheries,and Conservation Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government(SADF Project 0009);The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.We would like to thank all the CityU ambulatory veterinary service staff who worked with the pig farmers in Hong Kong SAR.The sequences described in this study have been deposited in GenBank under accession numbers ON634684-ON634699.
Dear Editor,Influenza A viruses(IAVs)are responsible for significant respiratory illnesses in humans and a broad range of animal species.Repeated outbreaks and the rapid spread of genetically and antigenically distinc...
supported by Special fund for scientific innovation strategy-construction of high level Academy of Agriculture Science-Distinguished Scholar(R2020PYJC001).
Swine are regarded as“intermediate hosts”or“mixing vessels”of influenza viruses,capable of generating strains with pandemic potential.From 2020 to 2021,we conducted surveillance on swine H1N2 influenza(swH1N2)viru...
grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970175);China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(NYCYTX-009)。
Dear editor,Swine influenza virus(SIV)is a member of the Orthomyxoviridae family,influenza A virus genus,which can cause the swine influenza—an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease in pigs(Brown,2000;Kotha...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China (2016YFD0500202-1,2016YFD0501601);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31772755);Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (BK20170068);the Earmarked Fund For China Agriculture Research System (CARS-40);the Open Project Program of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis (R1808);the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)。
Decades have passed since the first discovery of H10-subtype avian influenza virus(AIV) in chickens in 1949,and it has been detected in many species including mammals such as minks,pigs,seals and humans.Cases of human...
1.Introduction Influenza A viruses(IAV),an orthomyxovirus,is reportedly prevalent in a large number of avian species and mammals including humans,and poses immense public health challenge as a potential pandemic origi...
This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFE0203200,2017YFD0500704);the Heilongjiang Province Foundation for the National Key Research and Development Program of China(GX18B011);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31430087);the earmarked fund for the China Agriculture Research System(CARS-41-G15).
Infectious bursal disease(IBD),caused by IBD virus(IBDV),is one of the most devastating and immunosuppressive diseases of the poultry and has been a constraint on the sustainable poultry production around the globe in...
funded by an internal project of the Reference Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production,Animal Health Research Institute;supported in part by the Swedish Research Council VR(Grant Numbers 2016-02596 and 2018-02569)to MMN
Background:Avian influenza viruses(AIVs)have been identified from more than 100 different species of wild birds around the globe.Wild migratory birds can act as potential spreaders for AIVs to domestic birds between d...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2016YFE0203200, 2017YFD0500704);the Major Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31430087);the Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System (No. CARS-41-G15)
Dear Editor,Infectious bursal disease (IBD) is one of the most important diseases of the poultry. The IBD virus (IBDV), a nonenveloped virus belonging to the Birnaviridae family with a genome consisting of two segment...
supported by a grant from the China MegaProject on Infectious Disease Prevention(grant numbers 2013ZX10004-605,2013ZX10004-607,2013ZX10004-217,and 2011ZX10004-001);the National Hi-Tech Research and Development(863)Program of China(grant numbers 2014AA020108,2012AA022-003);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 81273138,81572045)
Dear Editor,The genus Orbivirus,within the family Reoviridae,includes 22 virus species(King et al.,2011).They are distributed globally,but are particularly prevalent in Europe,Asia,and Africa.In addition,they can be t...
the National Basic Research Grant(973)Plan for financially supporting this research.
Background:Avian influenza viruses have caused human infection and posed the pandemic potential.Live poultry markets are considered as a source of human infection with avian influenza viruses.Avian influenza routine s...