Are companion animals overlooked intermediate hosts for the cross-species transmission of influenza viruses?

Affiliations

• ¹ Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Sanya, China.
• ² Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China.
• ³ Agricultural College, Jinhua Polytechnic, Jinhua 320017, China.
• ⁴ Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Sanya, China. Electronic address: ssh5658485@163.com.
• ⁵ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China. Electronic address: guihongzh@scau.edu.cn.
• ⁶ Institute for Virology, Center for Infection Medicine, Veterinary Faculty, Free University Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: Michael.Veit@fu-berlin.de.