Publications by authors named "S Storms"
Introduction: Influenza A virus in swine (IAV-S) is common in the United States commercial swine population and has the potential for zoonotic transmission.
Objective: To elucidate influenza shedding the domestic pig population, we evaluated two commercial swine farms in Illinois, United States, for 7 weeks. Farm 1 had a recent IAV-S outbreak.
Article Synopsis
- PRRSV infection in pregnant pigs can lead to serious issues like abortions and respiratory problems in newborns, affecting pig farming.
- CD163 is a key receptor for PRRSV entry, and pigs with a complete deletion of this gene are resistant to the virus.
- Research shows that fetuses with a wildtype CD163 gene can be protected from PRRSV if their mother has a specific deletion in the gene, offering a potential solution to reduce PRRSV-related reproductive problems in pigs.
Background: Most patients undergoing bariatric surgery demonstrate elements of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and can therefore be diagnosed with metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO). Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) as hepatic manifestations of the MetS occur in many patients with obesity, but their leverage on postoperative improvement to Metabolic Health (MH), defined as absence of any metabolic comorbidity, remains unclear.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the influence of liver health status, operative procedure, and sex on postoperative switch from a MUO to an MH phenotype.
The ever-increasing antigenic diversity of the hemagglutinin (HA) of influenza A virus (IAV) poses a significant challenge for effective vaccine development. Notably, the matrix protein 2 (M2) is a highly conserved 97 amino acid long transmembrane tetrameric protein present in the envelope of IAV. More than 99 % of IAV strains circulating in American swine herds share the identical pandemic (pdm) isoform of M2, making it an ideal target antigen for a vaccine that could elicit broadly protective immunity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfluenza A Virus in swine (IAV-S) is a zoonotic pathogen that is nearly ubiquitous in commercial swine in the USA. Swine possess sialic acid receptors that allow co-infection of human and avian viruses with the potential of pandemic reassortment. We aimed to develop a fast and robust testing method for IAV-S detection on swine farms.
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