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Pigs are highly susceptible to but do not transmit mink-derived highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b

Overview of attention for article published in Emerging Microbes & Infections, May 2024
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Title
Pigs are highly susceptible to but do not transmit mink-derived highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b
Published in
Emerging Microbes & Infections, May 2024
DOI 10.1080/22221751.2024.2353292
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Authors

Taeyong Kwon, Jessie D. Trujillo, Mariano Carossino, Eu Lim Lyoo, Chester D. McDowell, Konner Cool, Franco S. Matias-Ferreyra, Trushar Jeevan, Igor Morozov, Natasha N. Gaudreault, Udeni B.R. Balasuriya, Richard J. Webby, Nikolaus Osterrieder, Juergen A. Richt

Abstract

Rapid evolution of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) is driven by antigenic drift but also by reassortment, which might result in robust replication in and transmission to mammals. Recently, spillover of clade 2.3.4.4b HPAIV to mammals including humans, and their transmission between mammal species has been reported. This study aimed to evaluate the pathogenicity and transmissibility of a mink-derived clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 HPAIV isolate from Spain in pigs. Experimental infection caused interstitial pneumonia with necrotizing bronchiolitis with high titers of virus present in the lower respiratory tract and 100% seroconversion. Infected pigs shed limited amount of virus, and importantly, there was no transmission to contact pigs. Notably, critical mammalian-like mutations such as PB2-E627K and HA-Q222L emerged at low frequencies in principal-infected pigs. It is concluded that pigs are highly susceptible to infection with the mink-derived clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 HPAIV and provide a favorable environment for HPAIV to acquire mammalian-like adaptations.

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Unknown 8 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 1 13%
Librarian 1 13%
Student > Bachelor 1 13%
Researcher 1 13%
Other 1 13%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 3 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 2 25%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 13%
Unspecified 1 13%
Engineering 1 13%
Unknown 3 38%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 82. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 May 2024.
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#540,986
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Outputs from Emerging Microbes & Infections
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#1
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