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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Sep;27(9):2492-2494.
doi: 10.3201/eid2709.210819.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4h in Wild Birds and Live Poultry Markets, Bangladesh
Jasmine C M Turner, Subrata Barman, Mohammed M Feeroz, M Kamrul Hasan, Sharmin Akhtar, Trushar Jeevan, David Walker, John Franks, Patrick Seiler, Nabanita Mukherjee, Lisa Kercher, Pamela McKenzie, Tommy Lam, Rabeh El-Shesheny, Richard J Webby
Abstract
Migratory birds play a major role in spreading influenza viruses over long distances. We report highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) viruses in migratory and resident ducks in Bangladesh. The viruses were genetically similar to viruses detected in wild birds in China and Mongolia, suggesting migration-associated dissemination of these zoonotic pathogens.
Keywords: Bangladesh; H5N6; HPAI; highly pathogenic avian influenza; influenza; live poultry markets; poultry; respiratory infections; viruses; wild birds.
. 2021 Sep;27(9):2492-2494.
doi: 10.3201/eid2709.210819.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4h in Wild Birds and Live Poultry Markets, Bangladesh
Jasmine C M Turner, Subrata Barman, Mohammed M Feeroz, M Kamrul Hasan, Sharmin Akhtar, Trushar Jeevan, David Walker, John Franks, Patrick Seiler, Nabanita Mukherjee, Lisa Kercher, Pamela McKenzie, Tommy Lam, Rabeh El-Shesheny, Richard J Webby
- PMID: 34424167
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2709.210819
Abstract
Migratory birds play a major role in spreading influenza viruses over long distances. We report highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) viruses in migratory and resident ducks in Bangladesh. The viruses were genetically similar to viruses detected in wild birds in China and Mongolia, suggesting migration-associated dissemination of these zoonotic pathogens.
Keywords: Bangladesh; H5N6; HPAI; highly pathogenic avian influenza; influenza; live poultry markets; poultry; respiratory infections; viruses; wild birds.