Evidence of Influenza A Virus RNA in Siberian Lake Ice
ABSTRACT Influenza A virus infects a large proportion of the human population annually, sometimes leading to the deaths of millions. The biotic cycles of infection are well characterized in the literature, including in studies of populations of humans, poultry, swine, and migratory waterfowl. Howeve...
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crasmicro:10.1128/jvi.00986-06 2024-09-09T19:26:16+00:00 Evidence of Influenza A Virus RNA in Siberian Lake Ice Zhang, Gang Shoham, Dany Gilichinsky, David Davydov, Sergei Castello, John D. Rogers, Scott O. 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00986-06 https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JVI.00986-06 en eng American Society for Microbiology https://journals.asm.org/non-commercial-tdm-license Journal of Virology volume 80, issue 24, page 12229-12235 ISSN 0022-538X 1098-5514 journal-article 2006 crasmicro https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00986-06 2024-08-12T04:05:30Z ABSTRACT Influenza A virus infects a large proportion of the human population annually, sometimes leading to the deaths of millions. The biotic cycles of infection are well characterized in the literature, including in studies of populations of humans, poultry, swine, and migratory waterfowl. However, there are few studies of abiotic reservoirs for this virus. Here, we report the preservation of influenza A virus genes in ice and water from high-latitude lakes that are visited by large numbers of migratory birds. The lakes are along the migratory flight paths of birds flying into Asia, North America, Europe, and Africa. The data suggest that influenza A virus, deposited as the birds begin their autumn migration, can be preserved in lake ice. As birds return in the spring, the ice melts, releasing the viruses. Therefore, temporal gene flow is facilitated between the viruses shed during the previous year and the viruses newly acquired by birds during winter months spent in the south. Above the Arctic Circle, the cycles of entrapment in the ice and release by melting can be variable in length, because some ice persists for several years, decades, or longer. This type of temporal gene flow might be a feature common to viruses that can survive entrapment in environmental ice and snow. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic ASM Journals (American Society for Microbiology) Arctic Journal of Virology 80 24 12229 12235 |
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ABSTRACT Influenza A virus infects a large proportion of the human population annually, sometimes leading to the deaths of millions. The biotic cycles of infection are well characterized in the literature, including in studies of populations of humans, poultry, swine, and migratory waterfowl. However, there are few studies of abiotic reservoirs for this virus. Here, we report the preservation of influenza A virus genes in ice and water from high-latitude lakes that are visited by large numbers of migratory birds. The lakes are along the migratory flight paths of birds flying into Asia, North America, Europe, and Africa. The data suggest that influenza A virus, deposited as the birds begin their autumn migration, can be preserved in lake ice. As birds return in the spring, the ice melts, releasing the viruses. Therefore, temporal gene flow is facilitated between the viruses shed during the previous year and the viruses newly acquired by birds during winter months spent in the south. Above the Arctic Circle, the cycles of entrapment in the ice and release by melting can be variable in length, because some ice persists for several years, decades, or longer. This type of temporal gene flow might be a feature common to viruses that can survive entrapment in environmental ice and snow. |
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Zhang, Gang Shoham, Dany Gilichinsky, David Davydov, Sergei Castello, John D. Rogers, Scott O. Evidence of Influenza A Virus RNA in Siberian Lake Ice |
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Evidence of Influenza A Virus RNA in Siberian Lake Ice |
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Evidence of Influenza A Virus RNA in Siberian Lake Ice |
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Evidence of Influenza A Virus RNA in Siberian Lake Ice |
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Evidence of Influenza A Virus RNA in Siberian Lake Ice |
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Evidence of Influenza A Virus RNA in Siberian Lake Ice |
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evidence of influenza a virus rna in siberian lake ice |
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