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Pathogens, Microbiome, & Intervention Strategies

Genomic Diversity, Evolutionary Dynamics, and Intervention Needs for Swine Influenza A virus in Europe: Insights from the European Swine Flu Network (ESFLU) and Cross Sector Pathogen Surveillance
Gwenaëlle DAUPHIN (1), Katarzyna PODGORSKA (12), Gautier RICHARD (7), Sasan FEREIDOUNI (9), Annika GRAAF RAU (4), Pia RYT-HANSEN (5), Tijs TOBIAS (6), Alex BYRNE (2), Helen EVERETT (3), Enrique MATEU (8), Dimitris PAPADOPOULOS (10), Dinko NOVOSEL (11), Lorena FRANCO (13), Marie SJOLUND (14), Lars LARSEN (5), 1: Ceva Santé Animale (FR);
2: The Francis Crick Institute Limited (UK);
3: Animal Plant and Health Agency (UK);
4: Helmholtz Institute for One Health (D);
5: University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (DK);
6: Utrecht University (NL);
7: Agence Nationale de la Securité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation de l'Environnement et du Travail (FR);
8: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (SP);
9: University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (AT);
10: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR);
11: Croatian Veterinary Institute (HR);
12: National Veterinary Research Institute (Poland);
13: University of Murcia (SP);
14: National Veterinary Institute (SE)
Beyond surveillance: viral genomics to uncover local transmission and inform strategies for urban rabies elimination
Kirstyn BRUNKER (1,2), Alejandra DAVILA-BARCLAY (1,3), Elvis W. DIAZ (3), Sandeep KASARAGOD (1,2), Rowan DURRANT (4), Edith ZEGARRA (5), Ynes MONROY (5), Ricardo CASTILLO-NEYRA (3,6,7), 1: School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK;
2: MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK;
3: One Health Unit, School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;
4: Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;
5: Laboratorio de Referencia Regional de la Gerencia Regional de Salud de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru;
6: Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;
7: Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Dogs as carriers of highly pathogenic Campylobacter jejuni with cross-species neuropathogenic potential
Maria-Leonor LEMOS (1,2,3), Alexandra NUNES (4,5), Koen BOSSERS (3), Paulo MARTINS DA COSTA (2), Astrid HEIKEMA (3), Mónica OLEASTRO (1), 1: National Reference Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal;
2: Laboratory of Microbiology and Food Technology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal;
3: Leiden Centre for Applied Bioscience, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands;
4: Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal;
5: Veterinary and Animal Research Centre (CECAV), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lusófona University, Lisbon University Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
Persistent High‑Pathogenic Avian Influenza Hotspots in Vietnam
Thuy THI HOANG (1), Renata DE LARA MUYLAERT (1), Carsten THURE KIRKEBY (2), Michael PATRICK WARD (1), 1: Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney;
2: Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Peptide microarray-based epitope profiling enables pan-orthoebolavirus surveillance and differential serodiagnosis for acute Ebola virus disease versus prior exposure or vaccination
Sunil Kumar DUBEY (1), Andrea MARZI (2), Ian CROZIER (3), Richard T. DAVEY JR (4), Irina Maljkovic BERRY (5), Zirui ZHOU (1), Riddhi THAKKAR (1), Shreyas JOSHI (1), Dean FOLLMANN (6), Olivier Tshiani MBAYA (3), H. Clifford LANE (4), W. Ian LIPKIN (1,7), Lisa E. HENSLEY (8), Nischay MISHRA (1,7), 1: Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA;
2: Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA;
3: Clinical Monitoring Research Program Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA;
4: Laboratory of immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA;
5: Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD, USA;
6: Biostatistics Research Branch, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA;
7: Epidemiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, United States of America;
8: National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Manhattan, KS, USA
Rabies treatment revolution: intravenous immunotherapy to combat a global zoonosis
Seonhee KIM (1), Anthony COLEON (1), Florence LARROUS (1,2), Lauriane KERGOAT (1,2), Said MOUGARI (1,2), Julien LANNOY (1,2), Marta TIAGO (1,3), David HARDY (4), Etienne KORNOBIS (5,6), Felix A. REY (7), Fabio BENIGNI (8), Davide CORTI (8), Hervé BOURHY (1,2), Guilherme DIAS DE MELO (1,2), 1: Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Lyssavirus Epidemiology and Neuropathology Unit, F-75015 Paris, France;
2: Institut Pasteur, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, European Union Public Health Reference Laboratories for Emerging, Rodent-borne and Zoonotic Viral pathogens (EURL-PH-ERZV);
3: Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal;
4: Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Histopathology Core Facility, F-75015 Paris, France;
5: Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Hub, F-75015 Paris, France;
6: Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Plate-forme Technologique Biomics, F-75015 Paris, France;
7: Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Structural Virology Unit, F-75015 Paris, France;
8: Humabs BioMed SA, a subsidiary of Vir Biotechnology, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland
NECROBIOME – Microbiome of the Cinereous Vulture to Support Integrated Ecosystem Management in Baixo Alentejo
Diana V. JORGE (1,2), Maria P. COUTO (2,3), Raquel XAVIER (2,3), Pedro ROCHA (4), Milene MATOS (1), Fernando TAVARES (2), José TAVARES (1), 1: Vulture Conservation Foundation, Switzerland;
2: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences - University of Porto, Portugal;
3: CIBIO-InBIO - Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Portugal;
4: Herdade da Contenda E.M., Portugal