Serological survey of avian influenza virus infection in non-avian wildlife in Xinjiang, China

Wei, Yu-Rong; XueYun, Yang; Li, Yuan-Guo; Wei, Jian; Ma, Wei; Ren, Zhiguang; Guo, Huiling; Wang, Tiecheng; Mi, Xiaoyun; Adili, Gulizhati; Miao, Shu-Kui; Shaha, Ayiqiaolifan; Gao, Yuwei; Huang, Jintuan; Xia, Xianzhu

doi:10.1007/s00705-015-2724-4

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“…Xinjiang encompasses several geographical forms, such as mountains, deserts, basin, and grasslands, and is a potential hotspot for infectious disease outbreaks. Peste des Petits Ruminants virus and avian influenza virus have been detected in wild ruminants in this region (Wei et al 2016, Xia et al 2016), but there have been limited reports about other pathogens, especially those able to transmit from wildlife to domestic livestock or humans. In this study, we collected sera from eight species of wild ruminants and determined the seroprevalence of five zoonotic diseases: Brucella spp., West Nile virus, Chlamydophila abortus, Coxiella burnetii, and Toxoplasma gondii.…”

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Seroprevalence of Five Zoonotic Pathogens in Wild Ruminants in Xinjiang, Northwest China

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Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

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Wild ruminants are at risk for zoonotic pathogen infection as a result of interactions with domestic animals and humans. One way to assess the level of a wild ruminant disease in a population is to determine the seroprevalence of the pathogen of interest. The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of five zoonotic pathogens in wild ruminants in Xinjiang, Northwest China. In 2009 and 2011-2015, 258 wild ruminant sera samples were collected from various species. Samples were obtained from 30 Siberian ibexes, 94 goitered gazelles, 6 Tibetan antelopes, 32 argali sheep, 16 roe deer, 20 blue sheep, 56 red deer, and 4 wild yaks, in 10 regions of Xinjiang. Samples were tested using antibodies against Brucella spp., Chlamydophila abortus, Coxiella burnetii, Toxoplasma gondii, and West Nile virus. Seropositivity was detected for all five pathogens, with detection rates of Brucella spp., C. abortus, C. burnetii, T. gondii, and West Nile virus of 2.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.5-4.2%), 6.2% (95% CI, 3.3-9.1%), 7.8% (95% CI, 4.5-11.0%), 2.3% (95% CI, 0.5-4.2%), and 0.8% (95% CI, 0-1.8%), respectively. The level of pathogens differed for different species and different regions. The results indicate that seropositivity to zoonotic pathogens is common among wild ruminants in Xinjiang, Northwest China, with C. burnetii and C. abortus detected at the highest levels. This study provides a baseline for future assessment of spillover events.

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Seroprevalence of Five Zoonotic Pathogens in Wild Ruminants in Xinjiang, Northwest China

Wang

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Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

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“…In addition, canids unlikely to exhibit synanthropic behaviors have shown evidence of IAV exposure. For example, antibodies reactive with H9 and H7 IAVs were recently reported in wolves (Canis lupus; subspecies and if animals were wild or "semi-wild" was not listed in reference) [33]. Furthermore, a serosurvey of farmed raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) reported an IAV seropositive rate of 41.4% [26].…”

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“…Furthermore, water deer exhibit synanthropic tendencies in some regions, as they are some of the most frequent wildlife to come into close contact with farms and livestock barns in South Korea [46]. Other artiodactyl species that are unlikely synanthropes have shown evidence of IAV exposure [33], while some have not, even while living near wetlands on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska with ample opportunities for close interactions with waterfowl [25].…”

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Avian Influenza A Virus Associations in Wild, Terrestrial Mammals: A Review of Potential Synanthropic Vectors to Poultry Facilities

Root

Shriner

2020

Viruses

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The potential role of wild mammals in the epidemiology of influenza A viruses (IAVs) at the farm-side level has gained increasing consideration over the past two decades. In some instances, select mammals may be more likely to visit riparian areas (both close and distant to farms) as well as poultry farms, as compared to traditional reservoir hosts, such as waterfowl. Of significance, many mammalian species can successfully replicate and shed multiple avian IAVs to high titers without prior virus adaptation and often can shed virus in greater quantities than synanthropic avian species. Within this review, we summarize and discuss the potential risks that synanthropic mammals could pose by trafficking IAVs to poultry operations based on current and historic literature.

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Serological evidence of H5-subtype influenza A virus infection in indigenous avian and mammalian species in Korea

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Noh

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Arch Virol

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In Korea, H5-subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has caused huge economic losses in poultry farms through outbreaks of H5N1 since 2003, H5N8 since 2013 and H5N6 since 2016. Although it was reported that long-distance migratory birds may play a major role in the global spread of avian influenza viruses (AIVs), transmission from such birds to poultry has not been confirmed. Intermediate hosts in the wild also may be a potential factor in viral transmission. Therefore, a total of 367 serum samples from wild animals were collected near major migratory bird habitats from 2011 to 2016 and tested by AIV-specific blocking ELISA and hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test. Two mammalian and eight avian species were seropositive according to the ELISA test. Among these, two mammalian (Hydropotes inermis and Prionailurus bengalensis) and three avian (Aegypius monachus, Cygnus cygnus, and Bubo bubo) species showed high HI titres (> 1,280) against one or two H5-subtype AIVs. As H. inermis (water deer), P. bengalensis (leopard cat), and B. bubo (Eurasian eagle owl) are indigenous animals in Korea, evidence of H5-subtype AIV in these animals implies that continuous monitoring of indigenous animals should be followed to understand interspecies transmission ecology of H5-subtype influenza viruses.

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Serological survey of avian influenza virus infection in non-avian wildlife in Xinjiang, China

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Seroprevalence of Five Zoonotic Pathogens in Wild Ruminants in Xinjiang, Northwest China

Seroprevalence of Five Zoonotic Pathogens in Wild Ruminants in Xinjiang, Northwest China

Avian Influenza A Virus Associations in Wild, Terrestrial Mammals: A Review of Potential Synanthropic Vectors to Poultry Facilities

Serological evidence of H5-subtype influenza A virus infection in indigenous avian and mammalian species in Korea

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