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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4h in Wild Birds and Live Poultry Markets,Bangladesh |
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| Authors: | 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 |
| Affiliation: | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA (J.C.M. Turner, S. Barman, T. Jeevan, D. Walker, J. Franks, P. Seiler, N. Mukherjee, L. Kercher, P. McKenzie, R. El-Shesheny, R.J. Webby);Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh (M.M. Feeroz, M.K. Hasan, S. Akhtar);The University of Hong Kong School of Public Health, Hong Kong, China (T. Lam);National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt (R. El-Shesheny) |
| 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: | highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI H5N6 influenza Bangladesh live poultry markets wild birds poultry viruses respiratory infections |