Luciano M Thomazelli, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Erick G Dorlass, Tatiana Ometto, Carla Meneguin, Danielle Paludo, Rodolfo Teixeira Frias, Patricia Luciano Mancini, Cairo Monteiro, Sophie Marie Aicher, David Walker, Guilherme P Scagion, Scott Krauss, Thomas Fabrizio, Maria Virgínia Petry, Angelo L Scherer, Janete Scherer, Patricia P Serafini, Isaac S Neto, Deyvid Emanuel Amgarten, Fernanda de Mello Malta, Ana Laura Boechat Borges, Robert G Webster, Richard J Webby, Edison L Durigon, Jansen de Araujo
Influenza A viruses of the H2 subtype represent a zoonotic and pandemic threat to humans due to a lack of widespread specific immunity. Although A(H2) viruses that circulate in wild bird reservoirs are distinct from the 1957 pandemic A(H2N2) viruses, there is concern that they could impact animal and public health. There is limited information on AIVs in Latin America, and next to nothing about H2 subtypes in Brazil. In the present study, we report the occurrence and genomic sequences of two influenza A viruses isolated from wild-caught white-rumped sandpipers (Calidris fuscicollis)...
2024: PloS One