Publications

Rapid Expansion of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Genotype D1.1 Virus across Flyway Regions, North America, Fall 2024

Emerg Infect Dis. 2026 Jul 13;32(8). doi: 10.3201/eid3208.260205. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHighly pathogenic avian influenza clade 2.3.4.4b virus continues to circulate in North America and has caused severe human disease. That clade includes genotype D1.1, which became dominant in birds in late 2024. Recent phylodynamic reconstructions place D1.1 emergence in mid-2024 but differ on its … Read more

ORAL AND GASTRIC PLAQUES, PAPILLOMAS, SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMAS AND PAPILLOMAVIRUSES IN SLENDER-HORNED GAZELLES (GAZELLA LEPTOCEROS )

J Zoo Wildl Med. 2026 Jun;57(2):393-405. doi: 10.1638/2024-0055. ABSTRACT The slender-horned gazelle (SHG, Gazella leptoceros) is a small, sand-colored antelope native to northern Africa. It is endangered due to poaching and habitat loss. Limited reports describe health or disease in wild or zoo populations. Mucosal plaques in the oral cavity (n = 2), papillomas in … Read more

Divergent poxvirus identified in a non-native black rat from Madagascar

Virology. 2026 Jun 30;623:111021. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2026.111021. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Non-native rodents serve as bridges between anthropogenic and natural landscapes. They have expanded across the planet alongside humans while bringing competition, predation, and pathogens, such as poxviruses, to naïve ecosystems. Although rodents serve as reservoirs for multiple zoonotic poxviruses, limited research has focused on … Read more

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Rat Lungworm Detected in Rats, Madagascar, 2022-2023

Emerg Infect Dis. 2026 Jul;32(7):1188-1192. doi: 10.3201/eid3207.260142. ABSTRACT Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, is a zoonotic parasite that causes eosinophilic meningitis in humans; the parasite is maintained in rat definitive hosts and transmitted through gastropod intermediate hosts. We report A. cantonensis prevalence and mitochondrial genome from oral swab specimens from rats in Madagascar, supporting swabs … Read more

Barley yellow dwarf virus-PAV management using seed-treatment with the insecticide imidacloprid

Barley yellow dwarf virus-PAV management using seed-treatment with the insecticide imidacloprid Najar, A., Ben Fekih, I., Ben Ghanem, H., Kumari, S. G. & Varsani, A. Sep 1 2017 In : Arab Journal of Plant Protection. 35, 3, p. 178-184 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Turnip leaf curl disease associated with two begomoviruses in south-eastern Iran

Turnip leaf curl disease associated with two begomoviruses in south-eastern Iran Heydarnejad, J., Kamali, M., Hassanvand, V., Massumi, H., Shamshiri, M. & Varsani, A. Apr 1 2018 In : Tropical Plant Pathology. 43, 2, p. 165-169 5 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Passion fruit chlorotic mottle virus: Molecular characterization of a new divergent geminivirus in Brazil

Passion fruit chlorotic mottle virus: Molecular characterization of a new divergent geminivirus in Brazil Fontenele, R. S., Abreu, R. A., Lamas, N. S., Alves-Freitas, D. M. T., Vidal, A. H., Poppiel, R. R., Melo, F. L., Lacorte, C., Martin, D. P., Campos, M. A., Varsani, A. & Ribeiro, S. G. Apr 1 2018 In : … Read more

Pervasive chimerism in the replication-associated proteins of uncultured single-stranded DNA viruses

Pervasive chimerism in the replication-associated proteins of uncultured single-stranded DNA viruses Kazlauskas, D., Varsani, A. & Krupovic, M. Apr 10 2018 In : Viruses. 10, 4, 187 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Fish polyomaviruses belong to two distinct evolutionary lineages

Fish polyomaviruses belong to two distinct evolutionary lineages Van Doorslaer, K., Kraberger, S., Austin, C., Farkas, K., Bergeman, M., Paunil, E., Davison, W. & Varsani, A. Apr 1 2018 In : Journal of General Virology. 99, 4, p. 567-573 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Genome sequences of two singlestranded DNA viruses identified in Varroa destructor

Genome sequences of two singlestranded DNA viruses identified in Varroa destructor Kraberger, S., Visnovsky, G. A., van Toor, R. F., Male, M. F., Waits, K., Fontenele, R. S. & Varsani, A. Mar 1 2018 In : Genome Announcements. 6, 9, e00107-18 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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