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Avian Metapneumovirus Subtype B at the Wildlife-Poultry Interface in Egypt: Molecular and Serological Insights into Cross-Ecological Transmission.

Omar S Saeed, Sara A Shabana, Mahmoud Gamal, Basem M Ahmed, Ayman H El-Deeb, Haitham M Amer

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Omar S SaeedDepartment of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-3992-0782
Sara A ShabanaIndependent Researcher, Giza 12211, Egypt.
Mahmoud GamalDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt.
Basem M AhmedDepartment of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-8541-7953
Ayman H El-DeebDepartment of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt.
Haitham M AmerDepartment of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0024-2451

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) is a major respiratory pathogen of poultry with a significant economic impact; however, its epidemiology at the wildlife-poultry interface remains poorly understood, particularly within Afro-Eurasian migratory systems. This cross-sectional study (December 2024-April 2026) investigated aMPV occurrence in wild birds across eleven Egyptian governorates representing key ecological zones along major migratory flyways. A total of 1280 samples were collected from 800 wild birds representing migratory waterfowl and synanthropic species, including 800 oropharyngeal swabs tested by real-time RT-qPCR for aMPV subtypes A and B and 480 serum samples analyzed using indirect ELISA. aMPV RNA was detected in 28/800 samples (3.5%), with all positives identified as subtype B and confined to the Nile Delta, Middle Egypt, and Canal Region. In contrast, serological analysis revealed a high seroprevalence of 58.3% (280/480), indicating widespread prior exposure with significant spatial and species-level variation (

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Animals, WildBird DiseasesMetapneumovirusParamyxoviridae InfectionsPoultryPoultry DiseasesAnimalsAntibodies, ViralBirdsCross-Sectional StudiesEgyptPhylogenySeroepidemiologic StudiesAntibodies, ViralaMPVmolecular epidemiologypoultry interfaceRT-qPCRserological surveillancewild birds

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PMCPMC13308320

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