title: A Review of Evidence that Equine Influenza Viruses Are Zoonotic.
abstract: Among scientists, there exist mixed opinions whether equine influenza viruses infect man. In this report, we summarize a 2016 systematic and comprehensive review of the English, Chinese, and Mongolian scientific literature regarding evidence for equine influenza virus infections in man. Searches of PubMed, Web of Knowledge, ProQuest, CNKI, Chongqing VIP Database, Wanfang Data and MongolMed yielded 2831 articles, of which 16 met the inclusion criteria for this review. Considering these 16 publications, there was considerable experimental and observational evidence that at least H3N8 equine influenza viruses have occasionally infected man. In this review we summarize the most salient scientific reports.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Tai.xie@duke.edu.|Faculty of Health Service, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. Tai.xie@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Tai
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Benjamin.anderson2@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Benjamin D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: National Center for Zoonotic Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. ulzima_d@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ulziimaa
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Daramragchaa
authors.affiliation: National Center for Zoonotic Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. ch.maitsetseg@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Maitsetset
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chuluunbaatar
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Gregory.gray@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Gregory C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Gray
keywords: H3N8; epidemiology; equine influenza; influenza A; zoonotic diseases