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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 Apr;29(4):786-791.
doi: 10.3201/eid2904.221538.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Outbreak in New England Seals, United States
Wendy Puryear, Kaitlin Sawatzki, Nichola Hill, Alexa Foss, Jonathon J Stone, Lynda Doughty, Dominique Walk, Katie Gilbert, Maureen Murray, Elena Cox, Priya Patel, Zak Mertz, Stephanie Ellis, Jennifer Taylor, Deborah Fauquier, Ainsley Smith, Robert A DiGiovanni Jr, Adriana van de Guchte, Ana Silvia Gonzalez-Reiche, Zain Khalil, Harm van Bakel, Mia K Torchetti, Kristina Lantz, Julianna B Lenoch, Jonathan Runstadler
Abstract
We report the spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) into marine mammals in the northeastern United States, coincident with H5N1 in sympatric wild birds. Our data indicate monitoring both wild coastal birds and marine mammals will be critical to determine pandemic potential of influenza A viruses.
Keywords: Caniformia; H5N1; New England; United States; avian influenza; ecology; gray seals; harbor seals; influenza; virology; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2023 Apr;29(4):786-791.
doi: 10.3201/eid2904.221538.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Outbreak in New England Seals, United States
Wendy Puryear, Kaitlin Sawatzki, Nichola Hill, Alexa Foss, Jonathon J Stone, Lynda Doughty, Dominique Walk, Katie Gilbert, Maureen Murray, Elena Cox, Priya Patel, Zak Mertz, Stephanie Ellis, Jennifer Taylor, Deborah Fauquier, Ainsley Smith, Robert A DiGiovanni Jr, Adriana van de Guchte, Ana Silvia Gonzalez-Reiche, Zain Khalil, Harm van Bakel, Mia K Torchetti, Kristina Lantz, Julianna B Lenoch, Jonathan Runstadler
- PMID: 36958010
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2904.221538
Abstract
We report the spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) into marine mammals in the northeastern United States, coincident with H5N1 in sympatric wild birds. Our data indicate monitoring both wild coastal birds and marine mammals will be critical to determine pandemic potential of influenza A viruses.
Keywords: Caniformia; H5N1; New England; United States; avian influenza; ecology; gray seals; harbor seals; influenza; virology; viruses; zoonoses.