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Qualitative studies on farm managers perception of risk from HPAIV and implementation of biosecurity measures on UK poultry farms

The epidemic of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in the United Kingdom and Northern Europe from 2021 to 2023 has dwarfed all previous incursions. This fact has driven the need to review biosecurity behaviours and perceptions of virus incursions on commercial…

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Oropouche virus

Oropouche is an emerging virus spread to humans by biting midges and mosquitoes.

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Foot-and-mouth disease vaccine quality: A universal test for intact viral capsids based on detection of VP4

Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) causes an economically devastating disease of livestock that is controlled in endemic areas by vaccines containing intact inactivated FMDV particles. In this study, a novel monoclonal antibody named 5B6 has been identified and…

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Using minor variant genomes and machine learning to study the genome biology of SARS-CoV-2 over time

In infected individuals, viruses are present as a population consisting of dominant and minor variant genomes. Most databases contain information on the dominant genome sequence. Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in late 2019, variants have been selected that are more…

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Europe needs a sustainably funded influenza research and response network

Influenza viruses have caused four pandemics during the last century.1 The 1918 H1N1 pandemic claimed 20–50 million lives, the 1957 H2N2 pandemic and the 1968 H3N2 pandemic claimed 1–4 million lives each, and the 2009 H1N1 pandemic claimed an estimated 280 000 lives.2,3…

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Emergence of new sublineages of serotype O foot-and-mouth disease viruses circulating in Pakistan during 2012-2021

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in Pakistan and serotypes O, A and Asia-1 of FMD virus (FMDV) are responsible for the outbreaks in the country. The dominant serotype is type O represented by the O/ME-SA/PanAsia-2 lineage, which has diverged into different sublineages…

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Pirbright researcher wins US Passion in Science Award

A Pirbright researcher has won a prestigious US award for environmental stewardship. Jim Chadwick, a virology PhD student working at The Pirbright Institute, developed an energy efficiency project and an allotment and community garden at the Institute. Jim established his…

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Challenges in developing a split drive targeting dsx for the genetic control of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

Anopheles stephensi is a competent malaria vector mainly present in southern Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. Since 2012, it has invaded several countries of eastern Africa, creating an emerging risk of urban transmission. Urgent efforts are required to develop novel and more…

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From structure prediction to function: defining the domain on the African swine fever virus CD2v protein required for binding to erythrocytes

African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a high-consequence pathogen posing a substantial threat to global food security. This large DNA virus encodes more than 150 open reading frames, many of which are uncharacterized. The EP402R gene encodes CD2v, a glycoprotein expressed on…