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Editor, Senior Moderator
Arch Virol. 2012 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print]
H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus isolated from conjunctiva of a whooper swan with neurological signs.
Bui VN, Ogawa H, Ngo LH, Baatartsogt T, Abao LN, Tamaki S, Saito K, Watanabe Y, Runstadler J, Imai K.
Source
Research Center for Animal Hygiene and Food Safety, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Abstract
An H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was isolated from conjunctiva of a whooper swan with neurological signs, which was captured during the latest H5N1 HPAI outbreak in Japan. The conjunctival swab contained a larger amount of the virus in comparison with the tracheal swab. This is the first report on H5N1 virus isolation from the conjunctiva of a wild bird, and the result may suggest the conjunctival swab to be a critical sample for H5N1 HPAIV detection in waterfowl. Phylogenetic analysis of the HA gene indicated that the virus falls into H5N1 clade 2.3.2.1.
PMID:
23053526
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23053526
H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus isolated from conjunctiva of a whooper swan with neurological signs.
Bui VN, Ogawa H, Ngo LH, Baatartsogt T, Abao LN, Tamaki S, Saito K, Watanabe Y, Runstadler J, Imai K.
Source
Research Center for Animal Hygiene and Food Safety, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Abstract
An H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was isolated from conjunctiva of a whooper swan with neurological signs, which was captured during the latest H5N1 HPAI outbreak in Japan. The conjunctival swab contained a larger amount of the virus in comparison with the tracheal swab. This is the first report on H5N1 virus isolation from the conjunctiva of a wild bird, and the result may suggest the conjunctival swab to be a critical sample for H5N1 HPAIV detection in waterfowl. Phylogenetic analysis of the HA gene indicated that the virus falls into H5N1 clade 2.3.2.1.
PMID:
23053526
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23053526