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

Novel mastreviruses identified in Australian wild rice

Novel mastreviruses identified in Australian wild rice Kraberger, S., Geering, A. D. W., Walters, M., Martin, D. P. & Varsani, A. Jun 15 2017 In : Virus Research. 238, p. 193-197 5 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

A novel geminivirus identified in tomato and cleome plants sampled in Brazil

A novel geminivirus identified in tomato and cleome plants sampled in Brazil Fontenele, R. S., Lamas, N. S., Lacorte, C., Lacerda, A. L. M., Varsani, A. & Ribeiro, S. G. Aug 15 2017 In : Virus Research. 240, p. 175-179 5 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Genome sequence of a podovirus (AAPEc6) isolated from wastewater in New Zealand that infects Escherichia coli O45: H10

Genome sequence of a podovirus (AAPEc6) isolated from wastewater in New Zealand that infects Escherichia coli O45: H10 Nonis, J., Premaratne, A., Billington, C. & Varsani, A. Aug 1 2017 In : Genome Announcements. 5, 31, p. e00462-17 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Circoviridae

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Circoviridae Breitbart, M., Delwart, E., Rosario, K., Segalés, J., Varsani, A. & Ictv Report Consortium, R. C. Aug 1 2017 In : The Journal of general virology. 98, 8, p. 1997-1998 2 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Genomovirus genomes recovered from Echinothrips americanus sampled in Florida, USA

Genomovirus genomes recovered from Echinothrips americanus sampled in Florida, USA Kraberger, S., Polston, J. E., Capobianco, H. M., Alcalá-Briseño, R. I., Fontenele, R. S. & Varsani, A. 2017 In : Genome Announcements. 5, 21, e00445-17 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Barley yellow dwarf virus in barley crops in Tunisia: Prevalence and molecular characterization

Barley yellow dwarf virus in barley crops in Tunisia: Prevalence and molecular characterization Najar, A., Hamdi, I. & Varsani, A. 2017 In : Phytopathologia Mediterranea. 56, 1, p. 111-118 8 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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