Freshwater crabs could act as vehicles of spreading avian influenza virus

Avian influenza virus (AIV) possessed significant risk to various animals and human health. Wild birds, especially waterfowls are considered to be the natural reservoir of AIVs. The ecology of AIV is still far from being fully understood. Freshwater crabs are nonnegligible biotic factor in AIV ecosy...

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Autores principales: Ma, Weiwei, Ren, Chenyang, Hu, Qingbiao, Li, Xiaodong, Feng, Yali, Zhang, Ying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8665573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34895271
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-021-01708-8
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Sumario:Avian influenza virus (AIV) possessed significant risk to various animals and human health. Wild birds, especially waterfowls are considered to be the natural reservoir of AIVs. The ecology of AIV is still far from being fully understood. Freshwater crabs are nonnegligible biotic factor in AIV ecosystem. We analyzed the ability of freshwater crabs accumulate and spread AIV. We found that AIV remain infectious in water only for 36 h but persist in crabs for 48 h. Crabs could accumulate AIV in their gills and gastrointestinal tracts. The AIV titers in crabs were higher than the surrounding contaminated water. Crabs could accumulate AIV from contaminated water, carry the virus and spread to naïve crabs via surrounding water. Our study identified freshwater crab as a novel transmission vehicle in AIV ecosystem.

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