Read Jason Long‘s commentary/perspective on the current HPAI H5N8 European outbreak and its origins.
Month: November 2016
High path avian influenza H5N8 in Europe
See “News” (updated 16 Mar 2017)
New page on infectious bursal disease virus
Article on infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), contributed by Andrew Broadbent of The Pirbright Institute
Joining existing pages:
Avian influenza virus, contributed by Jason Long
NDV & other paramyxoviruses, contributed by Kiril M. Dimitrov, Patti J. Miller and Claudio L. Afonso
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), contributed by Helena Maier
Chicken anaemia virus, contributed by Stathis Giotis
Avipoxviruses, contributed by Mike Skinner
Marek’s disease virus, contributed by Prof Venugopal Nair
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“Avian influenza. Why the concern?”
Article by Ian Barr & Frank Wong on Avian influenza in the November edition of the Microbiology Society’s “Microbiology Today”.
New page on Avian influenza virus
Article on Avian influenza virus, contributed by Jason Long of Imperial College London
Joining existing pages:
NDV & other paramyxoviruses, contributed by Kiril M. Dimitrov, Patti J. Miller and Claudio L. Afonso
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), contributed by Helena Maier
Chicken anaemia virus, contributed by Stathis Giotis
Avipoxviruses, contributed by Mike Skinner
Marek’s disease virus, contributed by Prof Venugopal Nair
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IBDV: European interserotypic reassortant
“Identification of a European interserotypic reassortant strain of infectious bursal disease virus” reported by Soubies et al. in Avian Pathology.
Immunology
Not particularly recent but check out a 2013 issue of Developmental & Comparative Immunology on “Chicken Immunity“, which includes reviews on aspects of innate and viral immunity.