Host entity

Phocidae

Rankfamily NCBI Taxon: 9709

Recent evidence findings

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2026-04-21 Cross Species Transmission Influenza A viruses were transmitted from wild aquatic birds to seals multiple times as confirmed by phylogenetic analysis. 41874045
2026-04-21 Spillover Event Multiple avian influenza A viruses spilled over from wild birds to seals, including an H10N7 virus detected in 2014 in Northeastern Europe. 41874045
2026-04-21 Genomic Evolution Phylogenetic and sequence analyses revealed host-specific evolution of the NS1 gene in seal influenza A viruses, with unique amino acid substitutions in the seal H10N7 virus following avian-to-seal transmission. 41874045
2026-03 Cross Species Transmission H5N1 avian influenza virus has transmitted from avian hosts to seals. 41531488
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Linked viruses

Virus composition linked to this host

3 virus taxa

Geographic evidence

Evidence distribution by country

3 countries

Temporal evidence

Evidence dynamics by year

8 year-type groups

Publication output

Literature publications by month

37 months