User:ClerisySmir/sandbox

Signs and Symptoms in Ducks and Geese
In China geese were affected by various symtptoms such as gout, haemorrhage and swellings of kidneys. According to Feng, affected ducklings suffered from depression, not eating, white feces, and death in younger ducklings. Ducklings that did survive became easily sick and had a decreased weight gain.

Astrovirus
The Astrovirus article differs from the Dengue virus because it discussess the taxonomic structure of Astrovirus. It also mentions the different species that it can infect but mainly focuses on viral impact on humans. This article also has a timeline that lists scientists from 1975-2009. This timeline shows when the Astrovirus was first discovered, different studies about vaccines and various strains, when it was classified as a family by the ICTV, and other important topics relative to Astrovirus exploration.

Dengue
One difference that made the Dengue article different from the Astrovirus article was the depth to which it discussed the proteins that compose the virus structurally and enzymatically. Five sub-sections were used for different proteins. This article did not discuss how the virus affects multiple species since it is a human-specific virus. The Dengue article discussed the immune system interactions between Dengue and the immune system of humans.

Both
These articles had some sections that were titled the same and discussed similar topics such as the virus' genome, evolution, life cycle, prevention and vaccines. Both of them contain pictures of their virus that show its structure as well.

Future additions
1.)A possible section to go more in-depth about the avian astroviruses. Such as how it affected duckling growth after infection, mortality rates, what symptoms were, etc.

2.)Ways in which duck Astrovirus has been cultured to be studied.

Sources:

https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1765704

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-019-1218-5

Astrovirus in ducks
Though most studies involve the impact of Astroviruses and the diseases they carry on humans, there are also studies that study Astrovirus strains that affect ducks and geese. Astrovirus affecting avian species genus name is Avastrovirus which has four distinct types of duck Avastrovirus. Out of the four types of duck astrovirus (DAstV-1, DAstV-2, DAstV-3, DAstV-4) the most recently identified is DAstV-4. Astrovirus also has a more concerning impact on avian species than it does in mammalian species as avains suffer from symptoms similar to enteric diseases instead of the gastroentitis that mammals are observed with. Wei, et al found during their study of infected ducklings that they suffered from white feces, depression, decreased eating, as well as death due to the disease.

Response to peer-reviews
The peer reviews that I received were respectful and insightful. The main thing that was pointed out to me is that my formatting is rough but adding in this new section could be useful to the article overall. It was also mentioned that I need to split up more of my paragraphs so that they are easier to follow. While my sandbox is neutral one reviewer mentioned that I need to remember to use review articles instead of the research articles that I found.