# Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats from Influenza D and Canine Coronavirus HuPn-2018

## TL;DR

Two new respiratory viruses, influenza D and canine coronavirus HuPn-2018, are emerging threats with potential to cause human epidemics.

## Contribution

Highlights the urgent need for diagnostics and surveillance for newly recognized respiratory viruses.

## Key findings

- Influenza D and canine coronavirus HuPn-2018 have significant potential to cause human epidemics.
- Current diagnostics and surveillance for these viruses are lacking.
- Little action is being taken to prevent or respond to diseases caused by these viruses.

## Abstract

In 2009 and again in 2019, public health warnings were confirmed by the emergence, rapid widespread transmission, and lethality of novel influenza and coronaviruses. The world continues to suffer disease from these respiratory viruses. Two newly recognized emergent respiratory viruses, influenza D and canine coronavirus HuPn-2018, have been shown to have considerable potential for causing future human epidemics, but diagnostics and surveillance for the viruses are lacking. We reviewed data regarding influenza D virus and coronavirus canine coronavirus HuPn-2018. Those data strongly indicate that these viruses are major newly recognized threats. However, little is being done to respond to or prevent disease associated with these viruses, warranting the question of whether we will learn from previous pandemics.