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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2025 May;31(5):937-947.
doi: 10.3201/eid3105.241410.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Outbreak in Endangered Cranes, Izumi Plain, Japan, 2022-23
Mana Esaki, Kosuke Okuya, Kaori Tokorozaki, Yuko Haraguchi, Taichi Hasegawa, Makoto Ozawa
During the 2022-23 winter season, >1,500 endangered cranes, including hooded cranes (Grus monacha) and white-naped cranes (Grus vipio), were found debilitated or dead in the Izumi Plain, Japan. Most of the cranes, particularly those collected in November, were infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses; virus shedding was higher from the trachea than from the cloaca. The isolation rate from the cranes' roost water was not markedly higher than that of previous seasons, suggesting that the viruses might be more effectively transmitted among cranes via the respiratory route than through feces. Most wild bird-derived H5N1 isolates were phylogenetically distinct from viruses isolated on nearby chicken farms, indicating limited relationship between the wild bird and chicken isolates. Serologic analyses suggested that herd immunity had little effect on outbreak subsidence. This study deepens our understanding of the circumstances surrounding the unexpected HPAI outbreaks among these endangered cranes.
Keywords: Izumi Plain; Japan; endangered crane; environmental water; highly pathogenic avian influenza; hooded crane; influenza; viruses; white-naped crane.
. 2025 May;31(5):937-947.
doi: 10.3201/eid3105.241410.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Outbreak in Endangered Cranes, Izumi Plain, Japan, 2022-23
Mana Esaki, Kosuke Okuya, Kaori Tokorozaki, Yuko Haraguchi, Taichi Hasegawa, Makoto Ozawa
- PMID: 40305301
- DOI: 10.3201/eid3105.241410
During the 2022-23 winter season, >1,500 endangered cranes, including hooded cranes (Grus monacha) and white-naped cranes (Grus vipio), were found debilitated or dead in the Izumi Plain, Japan. Most of the cranes, particularly those collected in November, were infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses; virus shedding was higher from the trachea than from the cloaca. The isolation rate from the cranes' roost water was not markedly higher than that of previous seasons, suggesting that the viruses might be more effectively transmitted among cranes via the respiratory route than through feces. Most wild bird-derived H5N1 isolates were phylogenetically distinct from viruses isolated on nearby chicken farms, indicating limited relationship between the wild bird and chicken isolates. Serologic analyses suggested that herd immunity had little effect on outbreak subsidence. This study deepens our understanding of the circumstances surrounding the unexpected HPAI outbreaks among these endangered cranes.
Keywords: Izumi Plain; Japan; endangered crane; environmental water; highly pathogenic avian influenza; hooded crane; influenza; viruses; white-naped crane.