tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2025 Dec;31(12):2297-2301.
doi: 10.3201/eid3112.251118.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Virus Infection in Poultry Farm Workers, Washington, USA, 2024
Yasuko Hatta, Juan A De La Cruz, Theresa Murray, Brian Hiatt, Yunho Jang, Julia C Frederick, Kristine A Lacek, Juliana C DaSilva, Dan Cui, Paul Carney, Jimma Liddell, Kay W Radford, Natasha Burnett, Sabrina Schatzman, Pauline Trinh, Anna Unutzer, Elizabeth A Pusch, Monique Johnson, Ha T Nguyen, Benjamin L Rambo-Martin, Larisa Gubareva, James Stevens, C Todd Davis, Marie K Kirby, Allison Black, Han Di
Poultry workers in Washington, USA, were infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus and recovered. The viruses were clade 2.3.4.4b genotype D1.1, closely related to viruses causing poultry outbreaks. Continued surveillance and testing for influenza A(H5) clade 2.3.4.4b viruses remain essential for risk assessment and pandemic preparedness of zoonotic influenza viruses.
Keywords: H5N1; Influenza; United States; Washington; antigenicity; avian influenza A virus; candidate vaccine virus; genotype D1.1; receptor binding; respiratory infections; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2025 Dec;31(12):2297-2301.
doi: 10.3201/eid3112.251118.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Virus Infection in Poultry Farm Workers, Washington, USA, 2024
Yasuko Hatta, Juan A De La Cruz, Theresa Murray, Brian Hiatt, Yunho Jang, Julia C Frederick, Kristine A Lacek, Juliana C DaSilva, Dan Cui, Paul Carney, Jimma Liddell, Kay W Radford, Natasha Burnett, Sabrina Schatzman, Pauline Trinh, Anna Unutzer, Elizabeth A Pusch, Monique Johnson, Ha T Nguyen, Benjamin L Rambo-Martin, Larisa Gubareva, James Stevens, C Todd Davis, Marie K Kirby, Allison Black, Han Di
- PMID: 41490523
- DOI: 10.3201/eid3112.251118
Poultry workers in Washington, USA, were infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus and recovered. The viruses were clade 2.3.4.4b genotype D1.1, closely related to viruses causing poultry outbreaks. Continued surveillance and testing for influenza A(H5) clade 2.3.4.4b viruses remain essential for risk assessment and pandemic preparedness of zoonotic influenza viruses.
Keywords: H5N1; Influenza; United States; Washington; antigenicity; avian influenza A virus; candidate vaccine virus; genotype D1.1; receptor binding; respiratory infections; viruses; zoonoses.