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Editor, Senior Moderator
Trends Microbiol. 2013 Jun 13. pii: S0966-842X(13)00089-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.05.005. [Epub ahead of print]
Interspecies transmission and emergence of novel viruses: lessons from bats and birds.
Chan JF, To KK, Tse H, Jin DY, Yuen KY.
Source
State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Carol Yu Centre for Infection, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Abstract
As exemplified by coronaviruses and influenza viruses, bats and birds are natural reservoirs for providing viral genes during evolution of new virus species and viruses for interspecies transmission. These warm-blooded vertebrates display high species biodiversity, roosting and migratory behavior, and a unique adaptive immune system, which are favorable characteristics for asymptomatic shedding, dissemination, and mixing of different viruses for the generation of novel mutant, recombinant, or reassortant RNA viruses. The increased intrusion of humans into wildlife habitats and overcrowding of different wildlife species in wet markets and farms have also facilitated the interspecies transmission between different animal species.
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PMID:
23770275
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23770275
Interspecies transmission and emergence of novel viruses: lessons from bats and birds.
Chan JF, To KK, Tse H, Jin DY, Yuen KY.
Source
State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Carol Yu Centre for Infection, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Abstract
As exemplified by coronaviruses and influenza viruses, bats and birds are natural reservoirs for providing viral genes during evolution of new virus species and viruses for interspecies transmission. These warm-blooded vertebrates display high species biodiversity, roosting and migratory behavior, and a unique adaptive immune system, which are favorable characteristics for asymptomatic shedding, dissemination, and mixing of different viruses for the generation of novel mutant, recombinant, or reassortant RNA viruses. The increased intrusion of humans into wildlife habitats and overcrowding of different wildlife species in wet markets and farms have also facilitated the interspecies transmission between different animal species.
Copyright ? 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PMID:
23770275
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23770275