First detection of highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza virus on the African continent

Ismaila Shittu; Alice Bianco; Dorcas Gado; Nicodemus Mkpuma; Lanre Sulaiman; Agnes Laleye; Federica Gobbo; Alessio Bortolami; Francesco Bonfante; Columba Vakuru; Clement Meseko; Alice Fusaro; David Shamaki; Olaniran Alabi; Calogero Terregino; Tony Joannis

doi:10.1080/22221751.2020.1757999

First detection of highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza virus on the African continent

Ismaila Shittu, Alice Bianco, Dorcas Gado, Nicodemus Mkpuma, Lanre Sulaiman, Agnes Laleye, Federica Gobbo, Alessio Bortolami, Francesco Bonfante, Columba Vakuru, Clement Meseko, Alice Fusaro, David Shamaki, Olaniran Alabi, Calogero Terregino, Tony Joannis

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Abstract

Since 2013, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N6 (clade 2.3.4.4) has been reported in wild birds and poultry in Asia as well as in other parts of the globe. In Africa, information on the presence of this virus subtype is lacking. This study reports the first detection of a HPAI (H5N6) virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) in a duck from a live bird market in Nigeria, whose genome is closely related to the European 2017–2018 H5N6 viruses, indricating a recent virus introduction into the African continent.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	886-888
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Microbes and Infections
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1757999
State	Published - Jan 1 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

duck
H5N6
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
live bird market
Nigeria

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Parasitology
Microbiology
Immunology
Drug Discovery
Infectious Diseases
Virology

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Shittu, I., Bianco, A., Gado, D., Mkpuma, N., Sulaiman, L., Laleye, A., Gobbo, F., Bortolami, A., Bonfante, F., Vakuru, C., Meseko, C., Fusaro, A., Shamaki, D., Alabi, O., Terregino, C., & Joannis, T. (2020). First detection of highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza virus on the African continent. Emerging Microbes and Infections, 9(1), 886-888. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1757999

Shittu, I, Bianco, A, Gado, D, Mkpuma, N, Sulaiman, L, Laleye, A, Gobbo, F, Bortolami, A, Bonfante, F, Vakuru, C, Meseko, C, Fusaro, A, Shamaki, D, Alabi, O, Terregino, C & Joannis, T 2020, 'First detection of highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza virus on the African continent', Emerging Microbes and Infections, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 886-888. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1757999

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