Issue · 2014
Vol.1, Iss. 1
6 articles · pp. 1-47 · All issues →
Mini-ReviewAfrican Swine Fever: An Epidemiological Overview
Muhangi Denis
African swine fever is a highly infectious, viral disease affecting domestic pigs with mortalities approaching 100%. The disease severely impacts on the socio-economic status of farmers. The disease is endemic in a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, in…
25 Aug 2014
ReviewBritish Journal of Virology
Souvik Ghosh, Nobumichi Kobayashi
Group A rotaviruses (RVA) are a major cause of severe viral diarrhea in infants and children. Although studies on the genetic diversity of the antigenically important RVA VP7- and VP4- protein encoding genes are important for vaccine development or judging the…
10 May 2014- Review
Urbanization and Vector-Borne Disease Emergence - a Possibility for Japanese Encephalitis Virus?
Johanna Lindahl
Population growth, urbanization and urban agriculture are three factors commonly quoted as important for disease emergence. Several of the mechanism by which urban disease emergence is promoted also increase the risks of vector-borne diseases, and the mosquito…
10 May 2014 
Research ArticlePhylogenetics of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus in Punjab, Pakistan
Sehrish Kanwal, Ali Saeed, Muhammad Munir, Memoona Arshad
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) remained an endemic disease in Pakistani livestock population during 2011 and 2012. To ascertain the genetic nature of circulating FMD virus, samples were collected from suspected outbreaks in Southern Punjab. The virus was primari…
10 May 2014- Mini-Review
Avian Influenza H5N1 in Egypt: What we Know and What we have to Know?
El-Sayed M. Abdelwhab, Jutta Veits, Thomas C. Mettenleiter
Egypt has experienced endemic outbreaks of avian influenza viruses (AIV) of subtype H5N1 in poultry since 2008. Since then, these viruses continue to evolve. In 2006-2008, outbreaks were reported mostly during the winter season, but in 2009-2012 they occurred…
11 May 2014 
ReviewMolecular Genetics of Aichivirus C (Porcine Kobuvirus) in China
Lei Chen, Ling Zhu, Zhi-Wen Xu, Wan-Zhu Guo
Aichivirus C is a member of the Kobuvirus genus within the Picornaviridae family and is widely distributed in both healthy and diarrheic pigs from China. Due to the high detection rate in the severe diarrhea in China, Aichivirus C is thought to be a potential…
11 May 2014