Prior infection with IBDV prolonged the shedding of a mallard H3N8 influenza A virus (IAV) challenge from the oropharyngeal cavity of some chickens and increased the number of amino acid substitutions in the IAV samples
Salik Nazki, Chandana Tennakoon, Vishwanatha R. A. P. Reddy, Yana Chen, Jean-Rémy Sadeyen, Andrew J. Brodrick, Munir Iqbal, Holly A. Shelton, Andrew Broadbent
This study shows that prior IBDV infection in chickens increases IAV replication, prolongs viral shedding, and raises amino acid substitutions in mallard H3N8 IAV.
Journal of General Virology · Mar 10, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology