Zoonotic Animal Influenza Virus and Potential Mixing Vessel Hosts

Zoonotic Animal Influenza Virus and Potential Mixing Vessel Hosts

Influenza viruses belong to the family <i>Orthomyxoviridae</i> with a negative-sense, single-stranded segmented RNA genome. They infect a wide range of animals, including humans. From 1918 to 2009, there were four influenza pandemics, which caused millions of casualties. Frequent spillov...

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Main Authors: Elsayed M. Abdelwhab, Thomas C. Mettenleiter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
pandemic
animal influenza
interspecies transmission
zoonoses
public health
avian influenza
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/15/4/980

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