Arch Virol. 2012 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print]
Affiliation
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]
[Editing is mine]
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