Neurotropic Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Red Foxes, Northern Germany

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Baechlein, Christine ; Kleinschmidt, Sven ; Hartmann, Dorothee ; Kammeyer, Patricia ; Wöhlke, Anne ; Warmann, Tobias ; Herms, Louise ; Kühl, Bianca ; Beineke, Andreas ; Wohlsein, Peter ; Harder, Timm ; Runge, Martin
• Description:
  In a 1-year survey of wild terrestrial predators in northern Germany, we found that 5 of 110 foxes were infected with contemporary avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses, forming a temporal cluster during January‒March 2023. Encephalitis and strong cerebral virus replication but only sporadic mammalian-adaptive viral polymerase basic 2 protein E627K mutations were seen.
• Subjects:
  Dispatch Neurotropic Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus In Red Foxes, Northern Germany
• Keywords:
  Animals Foxes Germany Humans Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype Influenza In Birds Viral Proteins
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(12):2509-2512
• Pubmed ID:
  37987587
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10683810
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b21bd068cd2f1d4dcf6b4af037344c326e623dd40f81927d36cf5d45dcedee4f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/138535/cdc_138535_DS1.pdf
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