Coronavirus

Coronaviruses

A cause of important diseases in livestock, poultry, companion animals, and humans.

Coronavirus

STAR IDAZ Approach

Coronaviruses cause a number of important diseases in livestock, poultry, companion animals and humans, including infectious bronchitis (poultry), transmissible gastroenteritis virus (pigs), calf diarrhoea, enteritis (turkeys) and porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED). The emergence of zoonotic coronaviruses causing MERS, SARS and COVID-19 has increased interest in this group of viruses and their ability to jump species.

On June 2020, STAR IDAZ IRC with the Collaborative Working Group on Animal Health and Welfare Research (CWG-AHW) organised the online webinar, ‘Pandemic: a one health view of emerging infectious diseases’. STAR IDAZ IRC conducted gap analyses and developed research roadmaps focusing on diagnostic development, vaccine development and disease control strategies.

Working group

UK-ICN

During the COVID-19 pandemic, STAR IDAZ partners (BBSRC and DEFRA) promptly opened a call for a Coronavirus International Network (ICN) to support global coordination for the delivery of collaborative, long-term One Health research investigations. The UK-ICN network partnered with STAR IDAZ IRC for the organisation of different international activities to identify research gaps to develop research roadmaps for coronavirus research.

Key People

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Louise Cosby,

Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom

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Dalan Bailey,

The Pirbright Institute United Kingdom

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Zoltan Penses,

Ceva Santé Animal Hungary

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Margaret Hosie,

University of Glasgow United Kingdom

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Sharon Brookes,

Animal and Plant Health Agency United Kingdom

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Alan Radford,

University of Liverpool United Kingdom

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Rachael Tarlinton,

University of Nottingham United Kingdom

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Richard Delahay,

University of Exeter United Kingdom

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Wim van Der Poel,

Wageningen University & Research Netherlands

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Linfa Wang,

Duke NUS Medical School Singapore

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Alessio Lorusso,

IZSAM Italy

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Karl Stahl,

Swedish Veterinary Agency Sweden

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Elma Tchillian,

The Pirbright Institute United Kingdom


Reports

Reports and outcomes from meetings and workshops

Research roadmaps

Gap analysis summary

A first gap analysis workshop was held in Belfast in 2023. The workshop discussed results from an online survey circulated among approximately 60 experts in 21 countries. Results were used to draft research roadmaps that were further discussed in three international workshops held in October 2024. Reports and research roadmaps are currently publicly available on STAR IDAZ website.