Holly A. Shelton

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

This study shows that prior IBDV infection in chickens increases IAV replication, prolongs viral shedding, and raises amino acid substitutions in mallard H3N8 IAV.

The G57 genotype of the BJ/94-like H9N2 lineage exhibits increased replication and virulence in chickens compared to the G1 Middle East Group B lineage

This study compares two H9N2 avian influenza lineages, finding the G57 genotype has higher replication, virulence, and transmission fitness in chickens than the G1-B lineage.