A 网曝吃瓜 professor and scientists in China recently had collaborative research published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Dr. Alexander C.K. Lai, assistant professor of biology, was one of 10 contributors to a recent publication in the Journal of Trans-boundary and Emerging Diseases.
鈥淎 significant finding is that dogs, including our pet dogs, could become a 鈥榤ixing vessel鈥� for generation of a new influenza virus,鈥� Lai said. 鈥淭he new influenza virus, if infectious for humans, may potentially cause a flu pandemic.鈥�
The title of the work is 鈥淓mergence and adaptation of H3N2 canine influenza virus from avian influenza virus: An overlooked role of dogs in interspecies transmission.鈥�