A Review of Evidence that Equine Influenza Viruses Are Zoonotic

Tai Xie; Benjamin D. Anderson; Ulziimaa Daramragchaa; Maitsetset Chuluunbaatar; Gregory C. Gray

doi:10.3390/pathogens5030050

Pathogens (Jul 2016)

A Review of Evidence that Equine Influenza Viruses Are Zoonotic

Tai Xie,
Benjamin D. Anderson,
Ulziimaa Daramragchaa,
Maitsetset Chuluunbaatar,
Gregory C. Gray

Affiliations

Tai Xie: Division of Infectious Diseases and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Benjamin D. Anderson: Division of Infectious Diseases and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Ulziimaa Daramragchaa: National Center for Zoonotic Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Maitsetset Chuluunbaatar: National Center for Zoonotic Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Gregory C. Gray: Division of Infectious Diseases and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens5030050
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 3
p. 50

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Among scientists, there exist mixed opinions whether equine influenza viruses infect man. In this report, we summarize a 2016 systematic and comprehensive review of the English, Chinese, and Mongolian scientific literature regarding evidence for equine influenza virus infections in man. Searches of PubMed, Web of Knowledge, ProQuest, CNKI, Chongqing VIP Database, Wanfang Data and MongolMed yielded 2831 articles, of which 16 met the inclusion criteria for this review. Considering these 16 publications, there was considerable experimental and observational evidence that at least H3N8 equine influenza viruses have occasionally infected man. In this review we summarize the most salient scientific reports.

Published in Pathogens

ISSN: 2076-0817 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/pathogens

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