Eileen L. Thacker

TL;DR: This study indicates that M. hyopneumoniae potentiates the severity of PCV2-associated lung and lymphoid lesions, increases the amount and prolongs the presence of PCv2-antigen, and increases the incidence of PMWS in pigs.

TL;DR: Results indicate that M. hyopneumoniae infection potentiates PRRSV-induced disease and lesions, which is important with respect to the control of respiratory disease in pigs and has implications in elucidating the potential contribution of mycoplasmas in the pathogenesis of viral infections of other species, including humans.

TL;DR: Swine producers and veterinarians may need to consider changes in vaccination protocols in herds with recurrent PCV2-associated PMWS, as there was a significantly longer length of viremia and an increased severity of lymphoid depletion in pigs vaccinated with commercial APP and M. hyopneumoniae vaccines and inoculated with PCVs.

TL;DR: Occupational exposure to pigs greatly increases workers' risk of swine influenza virus infection, and swine workers should be included in pandemic surveillance and in antiviral and immunization strategies.

TL;DR: The increased production of proinflammatory cytokines in vivo and in vitro associated with concurrent M. hyopneumoniae and PRRSV infection may play a role in the increased rates of pneumonia associated with PR RSV infection.