| host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals. | the majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, hiv, ebola and sars). understanding patterns of viral diversity in wildlife and determinants of successful cross-species transmission, or spillover, are therefore key goals for pandemic surveillance programs. however, few analytical tools exist to identify which host species are likely to harbour the next human virus, or which viruses can cross species ... | 2017 | 28636590 |
| vaccinia virus in feces and urine of wild rodents from são paulo state, brazil. | the origin of vaccinia virus (vacv) outbreaks in brazil remains unknown, but since the isolation of vacv in mus musculus mice during a zoonotic outbreak affecting cattle and milkers, peridomestic rodents have been suggested to be a link between cows and wild animals. considering that experimentally infected mice eliminate viral particles in their feces, we investigated the presence of vacv in the feces and urine of wild rodents that were captured in the forest areas surrounding milking farms in ... | 2018 | 29360742 |
| serological study of vaccinia virus reservoirs in areas with and without official reports of outbreaks in cattle and humans in são paulo, brazil. | vaccinia virus (vacv), the etiological agent of an exanthematic disease, has been associated with several bovine outbreaks in brazil since the end of the global vaccination campaign against smallpox. it was previously believed that the vaccine virus used for the who global campaign had adapted to an unknown wild reservoir and was sporadically re-emerging in outbreaks in cattle and milkers. at present, it is known that brazilian vacv is phylogenetically different from the vaccinia virus vaccinal ... | 2013 | 23760628 |