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Vet Pathol. 2016 Aug 31. pii: 0300985816666608. [Epub ahead of print]
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) Virus in Feathers: Tropism and Pathology of Virus-Infected Feathers of Infected Ducks and Chickens.
Nuradji H1, Bingham J2, Payne J3, Harper J3, Lowther S3, Wibawa H4, Long NT5, Meers J6.
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Abstract
H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus causes high mortality of infected birds, with infection in multiple organs, including in feathers. Feathers have been proposed as samples for diagnosis of HPAI infection in birds, and this study is part of a broader investigation validating the use of feathers for diagnostic purposes. To understand and characterize the morphological basis for feather infection, sections from 7 different skin tracts of ducks and chickens infected with 3 different clades of H5N1 HPAI virus from Indonesia and Vietnam were examined histologically. Results showed that in ducks, lesions and viral antigen were mainly detected in the epidermis of feathers and follicles, whereas in chickens, they were mostly found in the dermis of these structures. Abundant viral antigen was found in nearly all the feathers examined from chickens, and there was no apparent difference between virus isolates or skin tracts in the proportion of feathers that were antigen positive. By immunohistochemistry, the majority of feathers from most skin tracts from ducks infected with a Vietnamese H5N1 HPAI virus contained abundant levels of viral antigen, while few feathers were antigen positive from ducks infected with 2 Indonesian viruses. These results support and inform the use of feathers for diagnostic detection of H5N1 HPAI virus in birds.
? The Author(s) 2016.
KEYWORDS:
H5N1; chicken; duck; feathers; highly pathogenic avian influenza; skin
PMID: 27581388 DOI: 10.1177/0300985816666608
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) Virus in Feathers: Tropism and Pathology of Virus-Infected Feathers of Infected Ducks and Chickens.
Nuradji H1, Bingham J2, Payne J3, Harper J3, Lowther S3, Wibawa H4, Long NT5, Meers J6.
Author information
Abstract
H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus causes high mortality of infected birds, with infection in multiple organs, including in feathers. Feathers have been proposed as samples for diagnosis of HPAI infection in birds, and this study is part of a broader investigation validating the use of feathers for diagnostic purposes. To understand and characterize the morphological basis for feather infection, sections from 7 different skin tracts of ducks and chickens infected with 3 different clades of H5N1 HPAI virus from Indonesia and Vietnam were examined histologically. Results showed that in ducks, lesions and viral antigen were mainly detected in the epidermis of feathers and follicles, whereas in chickens, they were mostly found in the dermis of these structures. Abundant viral antigen was found in nearly all the feathers examined from chickens, and there was no apparent difference between virus isolates or skin tracts in the proportion of feathers that were antigen positive. By immunohistochemistry, the majority of feathers from most skin tracts from ducks infected with a Vietnamese H5N1 HPAI virus contained abundant levels of viral antigen, while few feathers were antigen positive from ducks infected with 2 Indonesian viruses. These results support and inform the use of feathers for diagnostic detection of H5N1 HPAI virus in birds.
? The Author(s) 2016.
KEYWORDS:
H5N1; chicken; duck; feathers; highly pathogenic avian influenza; skin
PMID: 27581388 DOI: 10.1177/0300985816666608
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]