Ganwu Li

TL;DR: The hypothesis that poultry may be a vehicle or even a reservoir for human ExPEC strains and APEC potentially serve as a reservoir of virulence-associated genes for UPEC and NMEC is supported, and some ExPec strains, although of different pathotypes, may share common ancestors, and as a conclusion certain APEC subgroups have to be considered potential zoonotic agents.

TL;DR: Two PEDV isolates are described, successfully obtained from the small intestines of piglets from sow farms in Indiana and Iowa, respectively, which were genetically closely related to each other and were most genetically similar to Chinese strains reported in 2011 to 2012.

TL;DR: This study shows that the recently emerged PRRSV in China is characterized by two discontiguous deletions in NSP2 and is the cause for the current epizootics in China.

TL;DR: It appears that a subset of NMEC and APEC strains harbors zoonotic potential, while other strains do not, suggesting that unknown mechanisms underlie host specificity in some ExPEC strains.

TL;DR: This genome-wide analysis has identified both novel and previously known factors potentially involved in pathogenesis of APEC infection.