Evidence of avian and human influenza A virus infection in farmed Siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) in Thailand

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 20; no. 1; p. e0317035
• Main Authors: Thongdee, Metawee, Chaiwattanarungruengpaisan, Somjit, Ketchim, Natthaphat, Sangkachai, Nareerat, Arya, Nlin, Sirimanapong, Wanna, Wiriyarat, Witthawat, Puthavathana, Pilaipan, Paungpin, Weena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2025; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Alligators; Alligators and Crocodiles - virology; Animal health; Animals; Antibodies; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Antibodies, Viral - immunology; Anticoagulants; Aquatic reptiles; Assaying; Biology and Life Sciences; Birds; Crocodiles; Disease; Diseases; Distribution; Ecology; Eggs; Environmental aspects; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Farms; Fibroblasts; Genomes; Hemagglutination inhibition; Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; Hemagglutinins; Humans; Infections; Influenza; Influenza A; Influenza A virus - genetics; Influenza A virus - immunology; Influenza A virus - isolation & purification; Influenza in Birds - epidemiology; Influenza in Birds - virology; Influenza viruses; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - virology; Medicine and health sciences; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - epidemiology; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - veterinary; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - virology; Pandemics; Plasma; Public health; Real time; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Serology; Siamese crocodile; Thailand - epidemiology; Viruses; Thailand

Crocodilians are susceptible to a range of virus infection including influenza A virus (IAV). However, little is known about the ecology and epidemiology of IAV in crocodile species. This study aimed to investigate IAV infection in farmed Siamese crocodiles in central Thailand. We collected plasma s...