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Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Research Letter
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in a Harbor Porpoise, Sweden
Elina Thorsson, Siamak Zohari, Anna Roos, Fereshteh Banihashem, Caroline Bröjer, and Aleksija NeimanisComments to Author
Author affiliations: National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden (E. Thorsson, S. Zohari, F. Banihashem, C. Bröjer, A. Neimanis); Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden (A. Roos)
Abstract
We found highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus clade 2.3.4.4b associated with meningoencephalitis in a stranded harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). The virus was closely related to strains responsible for a concurrent avian influenza outbreak in wild birds. This case highlights the potential risk for virus spillover to mammalian hosts...
Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Research Letter
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in a Harbor Porpoise, Sweden
Elina Thorsson, Siamak Zohari, Anna Roos, Fereshteh Banihashem, Caroline Bröjer, and Aleksija NeimanisComments to Author
Author affiliations: National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden (E. Thorsson, S. Zohari, F. Banihashem, C. Bröjer, A. Neimanis); Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden (A. Roos)
Abstract
We found highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus clade 2.3.4.4b associated with meningoencephalitis in a stranded harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). The virus was closely related to strains responsible for a concurrent avian influenza outbreak in wild birds. This case highlights the potential risk for virus spillover to mammalian hosts...