Emerging diseases, zoonotic viruses of veterinary importance, pathogenesis, virus-host interaction, animal models

Pickering BS, Tyler S, Smith G, Burton L, Li M, Dallaire A, Weingartl H (2015) Identification of a novel Afipia species isolated from an Indian flying fox. PLoS One 15;10(4):e0121274. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121274. Leymarie O, Embury-Hyatt C, Chevalier C, Jouneau L, Moroldo M, Da Costa B, Berhane Y, Delmas B, Weingartl HM, Le Goffic R (2014) PB1-F2 Attenuates Virulence of Highly Pathogenic Avian H5N1 Influenza Virus in Chickens. PLoS One. 2014 Jun 24;9(6):e100679. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100679 Weingartl HM, Miller M, Nfon C, Wilson WC (2014) Development of a Rift Valley fever virus viremia challenge model in sheep and goats. Vaccine. 2014 Apr 25;32(20):2337-44. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.02.066. Epub 2014 Mar 12. Weingartl HM, Zhang S, Marszal P, McGreevy A, Burton L, Wilson WC (2014) Rift Valley fever virus incorporates the 78kDa glycoprotein into virions matured in mosquito C6/36 cells. Plos One. 9:e87385. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087385 Weingartl H, Nfon C, Zhang S, Marszal P, Wilson WC, Morill JC, Bettinger G, Peters CJ (2014) Efficacy of a recombinant Rift Valley fever virus MP-12 with NSm deletion as a vaccine candidate in sheep. Vaccine 32:2345-2349. Doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.12.064 Nfon CK, Leung A, Smith G, Embury-Hyatt C, Kobinger G, Weingartl HM(2013) Immunopathogenesis of severe acute respiratory disease in Zaire ebolavirus-infected pigs. PlosOne 8: e61904. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061904 Weingartl HM, Embury-Hyatt C, Nfon C, Leung A, Smith G, Kobinger G (2012) Transmission of Ebola virus from pigs to non-human primates. Sci Rep 2:811.doi:10.1038/srep00811 Nfon CK, Marszal P, Zhang S, Weingartl HM. (2012) Innate immune response to Rift Valley fever virus in goats. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(4):e1623. Epub 2012 Apr 24 Stachowiak B (Boczkowska), Weingartl HM. (2012) Nipah virus infects specific subsets of porcine peripheral blood mononuclear cells. PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e30855. Epub 2012 Jan 27 Kobinger GP, Leung A, Neufeld J, Richardson JS, Falzarano D, Smith G, Tierney K, Pater A, Weingartl HM (2011)Replication, pathogenicity, shedding, and transmission of Zaire ebolavirus in pigs. J Infect Dis 204: 200-208