Rhabdovirus

Sigma viruses from three species of Drosophila form a major new clade in the rhabdovirus phylogeny
Ben Longdon, Darren J. Obbard, and Francis M. Jiggins
Proc R Soc B. 2010; 277:35-44.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Disease ecology

Predators indirectly control vector-borne disease: linking predator–prey and host–pathogen models
Sean M. Moore, Elizabeth T. Borer, and Parviez R. Hosseini
J R Soc Interface. 2010; 7:161-176.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marine diseases

Postmortem diagnostic investigation of disease in free-ranging marine turtle populations: a review of common pathologic findings and protocols.
M Flint, JC Patterson-Kane, CJ Limpus, TM Work, D Blair, and PC Mills
J Vet Diagn Invest. 2009; 21: 733. [MEDLINE Citation]

Emerging infectious diseases in cetaceans worldwide and the possible role of environmental stressors.
MF Van Bressem, JA Raga, G Di Guardo, PD Jepson, PJ Duignan, U Siebert, T Barrett, MC Santos, IB Moreno, S Siciliano, A Aguilar, and K Van Waerebeek
Dis Aquat Organ. 2009; 86: 143. [MEDLINE Citation]

Quantifying Differences in the Tempo of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype Evolution
Ana B. Abecasis, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, and Philippe Lemey
J. Virol. 2009; 83:12917-12924.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolution, dispersal and replacement of American genotype dengue type 2 viruses in India (1956–2005): Selection pressure and molecular clock analyses
Sandeep RP Kumar, Jayashri A Patil, Cecilia D, Sarah S Cherian, Pradip V Barde, Atul M Walimbe, Pragya D Yadav, Prasanna N Yergolkar, Paresh S Shah, Vasant S Padbidri, Akhilesh C Mishra, and Devendra T Mourya
J. Gen. Virol. published 18 November 2009, 10.1099/vir.0.017954-0  [Abstract]

Recombination and selection pressure in the ipomovirus Sweet potato mild mottle virus (Potyviridae) in wild species and cultivated sweetpotato in the centre of evolution in East Africa
Arthur Tugume, Settumba Mukasa, Nisse Kalkkinen, and Jari Valkonen
J. Gen. Virol. published 18 November 2009, 10.1099/vir.0.016089-0  [Abstract]

Lymphocryptovirus phylogeny and the origins of Epstein-Barr virus
Bernhard Ehlers, Katja Spieß, Fabian Leendertz, Martine Peeters, Christophe Boesch, Derek Gatherer, and Duncan J McGeoch
J. Gen. Virol. published 18 November 2009, 10.1099/vir.0.017251-0  [Abstract]

Influence of Environmental Gradients on the Abundance and Distribution of Mycobacterium spp. in a Coastal Lagoon Estuary
John Jacobs, Matt Rhodes, Brian Sturgis, and Bob Wood
Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 2009; 75:7378-7384.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ants defend aphids against lethal disease
Charlotte Nielsen, Anurag A. Agrawal, and Ann E. Hajek
Biol Lett. published 18 November 2009, 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0743  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hemagglutinin-Dependent Tropism of H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus for Human Endothelial Cells
Manuela Ocaña-Macchi, Michael Bel, Laurence Guzylack-Piriou, Nicolas Ruggli, Matthias Liniger, Kenneth C. McCullough, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Norikazu Isoda, Mikhail Matrosovich, and Artur Summerfield
J. Virol. 2009; 83:12947-12955.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ostrich Involvement in the Selection of H5N1 Influenza Virus Possessing Mammalian-Type Amino Acids in the PB2 Protein
Kyoko Shinya, Akiko Makino, Makoto Ozawa, Jin Hyun Kim, Yuko Sakai-Tagawa, Mutsumi Ito, Quynh Mai Le, and Yoshihiro Kawaoka
J. Virol. 2009; 83:13015-13018.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The pH of Activation of the Hemagglutinin Protein Regulates H5N1 Influenza Virus Pathogenicity and Transmissibility in Ducks
Mark L. Reed, Olga A. Bridges, Patrick Seiler, Jeong-Ki Kim, Hui-Ling Yen, Rachelle Salomon, Elena A. Govorkova, Robert G. Webster, and Charles J. Russell
J. Virol. published 18 November 2009, 10.1128/JVI.02069-09  [Abstract] [PDF]

Insights into the Evolutionary History of an Emerging Livestock Pathogen: Porcine Circovirus 2
Cadhla Firth, Michael A. Charleston, Siobain Duffy, Beth Shapiro, and Edward C. Holmes
J. Virol. 2009; 83:12813-12821.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

African Swine Fever

Role of Wild Suids in the Epidemiology of African Swine Fever.
Ferran Jori and Armanda D S Bastos
Ecohealth. 2009. [MEDLINE Citation]

Virus evolution

Feline immunodeficiency virus env gene evolution in experimentally infected cats.
Martin Kraase, Richard Sloan, Dieter Klein, Nicola Logan, Linda McMonagle, Roman Biek, Brian J Willett, and Margaret J Hosie
Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2009. [MEDLINE Citation]

The evolutionary dynamics of a rapidly mutating virus within and between hosts: the case of hepatitis C virus.
F Luciani and S Alizon
PLoS Comput Biol. 2009; 5: e1000565. [MEDLINE Citation]

Evolution of the Sequence Composition of Flaviviruses.
Alyxandria M Schubert and Catherine Putonti
Infect Genet Evol. 2009. [MEDLINE Citation]

Evolution

Evolution in Health and Medicine Sackler Colloquium: Making evolutionary biology a basic science for medicine
Randolph M. Nesse, Carl T. Bergstrom, Peter T. Ellison, Jeffrey S. Flier, Peter Gluckman, Diddahally R. Govindaraju, Dietrich Niethammer, Gilbert S. Omenn, Robert L. Perlman, Mark D. Schwartz, Mark G. Thomas, Stephen C. Stearns, and David Valle
PNAS. published 16 November 2009, 10.1073/pnas.0906224106  [Abstract] [PDF]

articles to the EWDA Electronic Journal Club

Dear all,

here are some interesting articles on White-Nose Syndrome. And not just...

White-Nose Syndrome:

Could localized warm areas inside cold caves reduce mortality of hibernating bats affected by white-nose syndrome?

Justin G. Boyles & Craig K.R. Willis

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, doi: 10.1890/080187

link: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/080187

 

Investigations into suspected white-nose syndrome in two bat species in Somerset Alex Barlow, Sarah Ford, Richard Green, Colin Morris, and Scott Reaney

Vet Rec. 2009 165: 481-482.

[Full Text] [PDF]

 

Histopathologic criteria to confirm white-nose syndrome in bats  

Carol Uphoff Meteyer, Elizabeth L. Buckles, David S. Blehert, Alan C. Hicks, D. Earl Green, Valerie Shearn-Bochsler, Nancy J. Thomas, Andrea Gargas, and Melissa J. Behr

J Vet Diagn Invest 2009 21: 411-414.

[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

 

Geomyces destructans sp nov associated with bat white-nose syndrome

Gargas, A., Trest, M. T., Christensen, M., Volk, T. J., Blehert, D. S.

Mycotaxon 2009 108: 147-154; published: apr-jun 2009

link: http://www.mycotaxon.com/vol/abstracts/108/108-147.html

Host - Fungi interaction:

Vertebrate Endothermy Restricts Most Fungi as Potential Pathogens

Vincent A. Robert & Arturo Casadevall

The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2009; 200:1623–1626

DOI: 10.1086/644642

link: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/644642?journalCode=jid

Bird - Bacteria interaction:

Bacterial pathogens in wild birds: a review of the frequency and effects of infection
Benskin CMH, Wilson K, Jones K & Hartley IR
Biological Reviews 2009 84(3): 349-373

Link: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122371149/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Cheers,
Gabor

 

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Gábor Árpád Czirják, DVM, PhD student

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Discipline of Infectious diseases Romania

Laboratoire "Evolution & Diversité Biologique" UMR 5174 CNRS/UPS Toulouse , France

 

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Molecular evolution of GBV-B hep virus

Molecular evolution of GBV-B hepatitis virus during acute resolving and persistent infections in experimentally infected tamarins
Shingo Takikawa, Ronald Engle, Kristina Faulk, Suzanne Emerson, Robert H. Purcell, and Jens Bukh
J. Gen. Virol. published 11 November 2009, 10.1099/vir.0.015750-0  [Abstract]

Influenza virus

Cross-Reactive Antibody Responses to the 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus
Kathy Hancock, Vic Veguilla, Xiuhua Lu, Weimin Zhong, Eboneé N. Butler, Hong Sun, Feng Liu, Libo Dong, Joshua R. DeVos, Paul M. Gargiullo, T. Lynnette Brammer, Nancy J. Cox, Terrence M. Tumpey, and Jacqueline M. Katz
N. Engl. J. Med. 2009; 361:1945-1952.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Prevalence of avian influenza and sexual selection in ducks
Gergely Hegyi, Anders Pape Møller, Marcel Eens, and László Zsolt Garamszegi
Behav. Ecol. 2009; 20:1289-1294.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Crowded locusts produce hatchlings vulnerable to fungal attack
Gabriel A. Miller, Judith K. Pell, and Stephen J. Simpson
Biol Lett. 2009; 5:845-848.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The relationship between mutation frequency and replication strategy in positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses
Gaël Thébaud, Joël Chadœuf, Marco J. Morelli, John W. McCauley, and Daniel T. Haydon
Proc R Soc B. published 11 November 2009, 10.1098/rspb.2009.1247  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SIV

Envelope vaccination shapes viral envelope evolution following SIV infection in rhesus monkeys
Aravind Basavapathruni, Wendy W. Yeh, Rory T. Coffey, James B. Whitney, Peter T. Hraber, Ayush Giri, Bette T. Korber, Srinivas S. Rao, Gary J. Nabel, John R. Mascola, Michael S. Seaman, and Norman L. Letvin
J. Virol. published 11 November 2009, 10.1128/JVI.01679-09  [Abstract] [PDF]

Immunity is social insects

Rapid induction of immune density-dependent prophylaxis in adult social insects
Mario X. Ruiz-González, Yannick Moret, and Mark J. F. Brown
Biol Lett. 2009; 5:781-783.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Virus evolution

Genetic diversity and molecular evolution of human and non-human primate Gammaherpesvirinae.
Vincent Lacoste, Anne Lavergne, Benoit de Thoisy, Jean-Francois Pouliquen, and Antoine Gessain
Infect Genet Evol. 2009. [MEDLINE Citation]

How long ago did smallpox virus emerge?
Sergei N Shchelkunov
Arch Virol. 2009. [MEDLINE Citation]

Zoonotic pathogens

Risk of importing zoonotic diseases through wildlife trade, United States.
BI Pavlin, LM Schloegel, and P Daszak
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009; 15: 1721. [MEDLINE Citation]

Disease ecology

Predator-spreaders: predation can enhance parasite success in a planktonic host-parasite system.
CE Caceres, CJ Knight, and SR Hall
Ecology. 2009; 90: 2850. [MEDLINE Citation]

Pathogen evolution

Origin and Phylodynamics of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus
Peter J. Kerr, Andrew Kitchen, and Edward C. Holmes
J. Virol. 2009; 83:12129-12138.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mixed Infections of Pepino Mosaic Virus Strains Modulate the Evolutionary Dynamics of this Emergent Virus
P. Gómez, R. N. Sempere, S. F. Elena, and M. A. Aranda
J. Virol. 2009; 83:12378-12387.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Disease ecology and pathogen evolution

Who infects whom? Social networks and tuberculosis transmission in wild meerkats
Julian A. Drewe
Proc R Soc B. published 4 November 2009, 10.1098/rspb.2009.1775  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Extensive host sharing of Central European Tula virus
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Sandra Essbauer, Rasa Petraityte, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Kirsten Tackmann, Franz J. Conraths, Kestutis Sasnauskas, Jiro Arikawa, Astrid Thomas, Martin Pfeffer, Jerrold J. Scharninghausen, Wolf Splettstoesser, Matthias Wenk, Gerald Heckel, and Rainer G. Ulrich
J. Virol. published 4 November 2009, 10.1128/JVI.01226-09  [Abstract] [PDF]

Yellow Fever Virus Exhibits Slower Evolutionary Dynamics Than Dengue Virus
Amadou A. Sall, Ousmane Faye, Mawlouth Diallo, Cadhla Firth, Andrew Kitchen, and Edward C. Holmes
J. Virol. published 4 November 2009, 10.1128/JVI.01738-09  [Abstract] [PDF]

Time – the emerging dimension of plant virus studies
Adrian Gibbs, Denis Fargette, Fernando Garcia-Arenal, and Mark Gibbs
J. Gen. Virol. published 4 November 2009, 10.1099/vir.0.015925-0  [Abstract]

Francisella tularensis

Cell biology and molecular ecology of Francisella tularensis.
Marina Santic, Souhaila Al Khodor, and Yousef Abu Kwaik
Cell Microbiol. 2009. [MEDLINE Citation]

Hantaviruses

Ecology of Hantaviruses and Their Hosts in North America.
James N Mills, Brian R Amman, and Gregory E Glass
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2009. [MEDLINE Citation]

Staph aureus

Recent human-to-poultry host jump, adaptation, and pandemic spread of Staphylococcus aureus
Bethan V. Lowder, Caitriona M. Guinane, Nouri L. Ben Zakour, Lucy A. Weinert, Andrew Conway-Morris, Robyn A. Cartwright, A. John Simpson, Andrew Rambaut, Ulrich Nübel, and J. Ross Fitzgerald
PNAS. published 2 November 2009, 10.1073/pnas.0909285106  [Abstract] [PDF]

Influenza virus

The Transmissibility and Control of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus
Yang Yang, Jonathan D. Sugimoto, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Nicole E. Basta, Dennis L. Chao, Laura Matrajt, Gail Potter, Eben Kenah, and Ira M. Longini, Jr.
Science. 2009; 326:729-733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Quantifying the Impact of Immune Escape on Transmission Dynamics of Influenza
Andrew W. Park, Janet M. Daly, Nicola S. Lewis, Derek J. Smith, James L. N. Wood, and Bryan T. Grenfell
Science. 2009; 326:726-728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hemagglutinin Receptor Binding Avidity Drives Influenza A Virus Antigenic Drift
Scott E. Hensley, Suman R. Das, Adam L. Bailey, Loren M. Schmidt, Heather D. Hickman, Akila Jayaraman, Karthik Viswanathan, Rahul Raman, Ram Sasisekharan, Jack R. Bennink, and Jonathan W. Yewdell
Science. 2009; 326:734-736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Influenza virus

Glycans on influenza hemagglutinin affect receptor binding and immune response
Cheng-Chi Wang, Juine-Ruey Chen, Yung-Chieh Tseng, Che-Hsiung Hsu, Yu-Fu Hung, Shih-Wei Chen, Chin-Mei Chen, Kay-Hooi Khoo, Ting-Jen Cheng, Yih-Shyun E. Cheng, Jia-Tsrong Jan, Chung-Yi Wu, Che Ma, and Chi-Huey Wong
PNAS. 2009; 106:18137-18142.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Generation of live attenuated novel influenza A/California/7/09 (H1N1) vaccines with high yield in embryonated chicken eggs
Zhongying Chen, Weijia Wang, Helen Zhou, Amorsolo L. Suguitan, Jr., Cindy Shambaugh, Lomi Kim, Jackie Zhao, George Kemble, and Hong Jin
J. Virol. published 28 October 2009, 10.1128/JVI.02106-09  [Abstract] [PDF]

The role of population heterogeneity and human mobility in the spread of pandemic influenza
Stefano Merler and Marco Ajelli
Proc R Soc B. published 28 October 2009, 10.1098/rspb.2009.1605  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Emerging pathogens and evolution

Transient virulence of emerging pathogens
Benjamin M. Bolker, Arjun Nanda, and Dharmini Shah
J R Soc Interface. published 28 October 2009, 10.1098/rsif.2009.0384  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Intensive fish farming and the evolution of pathogen virulence: the case of columnaris disease in Finland
K. Pulkkinen, L.-R. Suomalainen, A. F. Read, D. Ebert, P. Rintamäki, and E. T. Valtonen
Proc R Soc B. published 28 October 2009, 10.1098/rspb.2009.1659  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mountain lions prey selectively on prion-infected mule deer
Caroline E. Krumm, Mary M. Conner, N. Thompson Hobbs, Don O. Hunter, and Michael W. Miller
Biol Lett. published 28 October 2009, 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0742  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thermoregulatory behaviour affects prevalence of chytrid fungal infection in a wild population of Panamanian golden frogs
Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki
Proc R Soc B. published 28 October 2009, 10.1098/rspb.2009.1656  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bacterial genetic signatures of human social phenomena among M.tuberculosis from an Aboriginal Canadian population
Caitlin Pepperell, Vernon H. Hoeppner, Mikhail Lipatov, Gary K. Schoolnik, and Marcus W. Feldman
Mol. Biol. Evol. published 27 October 2009, 10.1093/molbev/msp261  [Abstract] [PDF]

The application of genomics to emerging zoonotic viral diseases.
BL Haagmans, AC Andeweg, and AD Osterhaus
PLoS Pathog. 2009; 5: e1000557. [MEDLINE Citation]

The key role of genomics in modern vaccine and drug design for emerging infectious diseases.
KL Seib, G Dougan, and R Rappuoli
PLoS Genet. 2009; 5: e1000612. [MEDLINE Citation]

Evolution in Health and Medicine Sackler Colloquium: The comparative genomics of viral emergence
Edward C. Holmes
PNAS. published 26 October 2009, 10.1073/pnas.0906193106  [Abstract] [PDF]

Influenza virus transmission mechanisms

*Aerosol transmission of influenza A virus: a review of new studies*
Raymond Tellier
/J R Soc Interface./ 2009; 6:S783-S790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pathogen evolution

*Phylogenetic trait conservatism and the evolution of functional
trade-offs in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi*
Jeff R. Powell, Jeri L. Parrent, Miranda M. Hart, John N. Klironomos,
Matthias C. Rillig, and Hafiz Maherali
/Proc R Soc B./ 2009; 276:4237-4245. [Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]

*Evolution at a High Imposed Mutation Rate: Adaptation Obscures the Load
in Phage T7*
Rachael Springman, Thomas Keller, Ian Molineux, and James J. Bull
/Genetics./ published 26 October 2009, 10.1534/genetics.109.108803
[Abstract]

Wildlife diseases

*Wildlife and emerging disease*
/Vet Rec./ 2009; 165:458-459.
[Full Text]
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