Selected article for: "avian influenza and highly pathogenic HPAI avian influenza virus"

Author: Chan, Joseph M.; Rabadan, Raul
Title: Quantifying Pathogen Surveillance Using Temporal Genomic Data
  • Document date: 2013_1_29
  • ID: u2t1x89m_3
    Snippet: Similarly, influenza virus surveillance has historically centered on human influenza cases but ignored animal hosts, despite the importance of zoonosis in influenza virus transmission. One particular animal host that deserves special attention is poultry, which has played a crucial role in the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus H5N1 to humans. First reported in Hong Kong in 1997 and 2003, this virus has spread quickly .....
    Document: Similarly, influenza virus surveillance has historically centered on human influenza cases but ignored animal hosts, despite the importance of zoonosis in influenza virus transmission. One particular animal host that deserves special attention is poultry, which has played a crucial role in the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus H5N1 to humans. First reported in Hong Kong in 1997 and 2003, this virus has spread quickly from waterfowl to chickens, crows, pigeons, and other birds in Europe, Africa, and particularly Asia, leading to the deaths by infection and forced culling of millions of birds and resulting in appreciable economic losses (8) . Concurrently, sporadic infections among humans and other mammals have claimed, as of January 2012, a high rate of 340 deaths out of 578 confirmed human infections since 2003 (9) .

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