Intercontinental Movement of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4 Virus to the United States, 2021
Sarah N. Bevins, Susan A. Shriner, James C. Cumbee, Krista E. Dilione, Kelly E. Douglass, Jeremy W. Ellis, Mary Lea Killian, Mia Kim Torchetti, Julianna B. Lenoch
Abstract
as part of a targeted AIV surveillance program in wild birds Samples analyzed in this investigation came from routine wild bird surveillance activities in the US Atlantic Flyway and were primarily obtained from hunter harvest activities, live-trapping, and bird banding operations. These surveillance data, combined with bird band-recovery movement data, can shed light on AIV occurrence on the landscape, and findings in wild birds can act as an early warning system for spillover risk to poultry and humans (6).
Topics & Concepts
FlywayWaterfowlInfluenza A virus subtype H5N1CladeHighly pathogenicAvian influenza virusInfluenza A virusLineage (genetic)VirologyBiologyVirusZoologyGeographyPhylogeneticsEcologyGeneGeneticsHabitatInfluenza Virus Research StudiesViral Infections and VectorsAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology