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Editor, Senior Moderator
Viruses
. 2022 Nov 22;14(12):2601.
doi: 10.3390/v14122601.
Emergence of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b in Wild Birds and Poultry in Botswana
Samantha L Letsholo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joe James[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Stephanie M Meyer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alexander M P Byrne[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Scott M Reid[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Tirumala B K Settypalli[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sneha Datta[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Letlhogile Oarabile[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Obakeng Kemolatlhe[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kgakgamatso T Pebe[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Bruce R Mafonko[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Tebogo J Kgotlele[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kago Kumile[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Boitumelo Modise[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carter Thanda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], John F C Nyange[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chandapiwa Marobela-Raborokgwe[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Giovanni Cattoli[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Charles E Lamien[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ian H Brown[SUP] 2 [/SUP], William G Dundon[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ashley C Banyard[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Numerous outbreaks of high-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) were reported during 2020-2021. In Africa, H5Nx has been detected in Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa in both wild birds and poultry. Botswana reported its first outbreak of HPAI to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in 2021. An H5N1 virus was detected in a fish eagle, doves, and chickens. Full genome sequence analysis revealed that the virus belonged to clade 2.3.4.4b and showed high identity within haemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase proteins (NA) for viruses identified across a geographically broad range of locations. The detection of H5N1 in Botswana has important implications for disease management, wild bird conservation, tourism, public health, economic empowerment of vulnerable communities and food security in the region.
Keywords: H5N1; doves; fish eagle; high-pathogenicity; high-pathogenicity avian influenza; mass mortality; poultry.
. 2022 Nov 22;14(12):2601.
doi: 10.3390/v14122601.
Emergence of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b in Wild Birds and Poultry in Botswana
Samantha L Letsholo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joe James[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Stephanie M Meyer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alexander M P Byrne[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Scott M Reid[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Tirumala B K Settypalli[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sneha Datta[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Letlhogile Oarabile[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Obakeng Kemolatlhe[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kgakgamatso T Pebe[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Bruce R Mafonko[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Tebogo J Kgotlele[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kago Kumile[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Boitumelo Modise[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carter Thanda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], John F C Nyange[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chandapiwa Marobela-Raborokgwe[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Giovanni Cattoli[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Charles E Lamien[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ian H Brown[SUP] 2 [/SUP], William G Dundon[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ashley C Banyard[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 36560605
- DOI: 10.3390/v14122601
Abstract
Numerous outbreaks of high-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) were reported during 2020-2021. In Africa, H5Nx has been detected in Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa in both wild birds and poultry. Botswana reported its first outbreak of HPAI to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in 2021. An H5N1 virus was detected in a fish eagle, doves, and chickens. Full genome sequence analysis revealed that the virus belonged to clade 2.3.4.4b and showed high identity within haemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase proteins (NA) for viruses identified across a geographically broad range of locations. The detection of H5N1 in Botswana has important implications for disease management, wild bird conservation, tourism, public health, economic empowerment of vulnerable communities and food security in the region.
Keywords: H5N1; doves; fish eagle; high-pathogenicity; high-pathogenicity avian influenza; mass mortality; poultry.