Seroprevalance and identification of influenza A virus infection from migratory wild waterfowl in China (2004-2005)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine. B, Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health
H-X ChenJ-Q Hu

Abstract

Outbreaks of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) were reported in birds in more than eight Asian countries. We sought to identify the origin of this infection, and herein report the results of serological and virological monitoring of migrant wild waterfowl in mainland China. From a total of 493 serum samples, collected from 15 migratory wild waterfowl species for 9 months (from June 2004 to May 2005) in mainland China, we detected only low-level antibodies against influenza subtypes H2, H9 and H10 in the relict gull, little egret, black-crowned night heron, bar-tailed godwit, whimbrel and the common greenshank. No virus was identified from the 1052 cloacal and oropharyngeal swabs except dead bar-headed geese. These data show that the influenza type A virus subtypes H2-H13 did not circulate at detectable levels within the sampled population.

References

May 1, 1980·Canadian Journal of Microbiology·V S HinshawB Turner
Nov 1, 1980·Infection and Immunity·H KidaY Matsuoka
Apr 1, 1995·Journal of Wildlife Diseases·C P AlfonsoH van Campen
Sep 18, 1999·Lancet·M PeirisK F Shortridge
May 22, 2002·Journal of Virology·Terrence M TumpeyDavid E Swayne
Oct 25, 2003·Avian Diseases·B A HansonD A Senne
Apr 14, 2004·Journal of Virology·Katharine M Sturm-RamirezRobert G Webster
Jul 6, 2004·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·H ChenK Yu
Feb 14, 2006·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·H ChenY Guan

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jul 22, 2009·International Journal of Health Geographics·Richard A J Williams, A Townsend Peterson
Oct 2, 2008·Emerging Infectious Diseases·A Townsend PetersonHon S Ip
May 2, 2008·Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases·Karen S YeeCarol J Cardona
Dec 31, 2021·Avian Pathology : Journal of the W.V.P.A·Kosuke SodaToshihiro Ito

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts