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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2024 Jun 28;30(8).
doi: 10.3201/eid3008.240481. Online ahead of print.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Infection in Free-Ranging Polar Bear, Alaska, USA
Raphaela Stimmelmayr, David Rotstein, Mia Kim Torchetti, Robert Gerlach
We report a natural infection with a Eurasian highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b virus in a free-ranging juvenile polar bear (Ursus maritimus) found dead in North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA. Continued community and hunter-based participation in wildlife health surveillance is key to detecting emerging pathogens in the Arctic.
Keywords: Alaska; HPAI; United States; clade 2.3.4.4b; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; influenza; polar bear; respiratory infections; subsistence; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2024 Jun 28;30(8).
doi: 10.3201/eid3008.240481. Online ahead of print.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Infection in Free-Ranging Polar Bear, Alaska, USA
Raphaela Stimmelmayr, David Rotstein, Mia Kim Torchetti, Robert Gerlach
- PMID: 38941966
- DOI: 10.3201/eid3008.240481
We report a natural infection with a Eurasian highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b virus in a free-ranging juvenile polar bear (Ursus maritimus) found dead in North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA. Continued community and hunter-based participation in wildlife health surveillance is key to detecting emerging pathogens in the Arctic.
Keywords: Alaska; HPAI; United States; clade 2.3.4.4b; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; influenza; polar bear; respiratory infections; subsistence; viruses; zoonoses.