Tissue tropisms of avian influenza A viruses affect their spillovers from wild birds to pigs
X. Zhang, F. Cummingham, L. Li, K. Hanson-Dorr, L. Liu, K. Waters, M. Guan, A. Olivier, B. Schmit, J. Nolting, A. Bowman, M. Torchetti, T. DeLiberto, X.-F. Wan
This study identifies that avian influenza A viruses with specific tissue tropisms in swine upper respiratory tracts can spill over to pigs, increasing the risk of viral adaptation and reassortment.
bioRxiv · Apr 14, 2020Microbiology