Virology & Mycology
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0517
ISSN: 2161-0517
Lindomar Pena
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Virol Mycol
Influenza A viruses (IAVs) belongs to the family Orthomyxoviridae and represents major pathogens of both humans and animals. Swine influenza virus is an important pathogen that affects not only the swine industry, but also represents a constant threat to the turkey industry and is of particular concern to public health. The emergence and worldwide spread of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) containing all eight RNA segments derived from swine viruses provided further evidence of the pivotal role of domestic pigs in the ecology of influenza A virus infections. In this talk, we will discuss the state-of-art knowledge about the pathogenesis and the molecular epidemiology of swine influenza virus, with special focus in South America countries. In this area of the globe, there are several subtypes of IAVs circulating in swine populations, including the 2009 pH1N1, but there are still many research gaps in the epidemiology of the disease. With respect to pathogenesis, the role of PB1-F2 and other virulence markers in the viral genome will be deeply covered.
Email: lindomarvet10@gmail.com