Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2023)

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Outbreak in New England Seals, United States

  • Wendy Puryear,
  • Kaitlin Sawatzki,
  • Nichola Hill,
  • Alexa Foss,
  • Jonathon J. Stone,
  • Lynda Doughty,
  • Dominique Walk,
  • Katie Gilbert,
  • Maureen Murray,
  • Elena Cox,
  • Priya Patel,
  • Zak Mertz,
  • Stephanie Ellis,
  • Jennifer Taylor,
  • Deborah Fauquier,
  • Ainsley Smith,
  • Robert A. DiGiovanni,
  • Adriana van de Guchte,
  • Ana Silvia Gonzalez-Reiche,
  • Zain Khalil,
  • Harm van Bakel,
  • Mia K. Torchetti,
  • Kristina Lantz,
  • Julianna B. Lenoch,
  • Jonathan Runstadler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.221538
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 4
pp. 786 – 791

Abstract

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We report the spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) into marine mammals in the northeastern United States, coincident with H5N1 in sympatric wild birds. Our data indicate monitoring both wild coastal birds and marine mammals will be critical to determine pandemic potential of influenza A viruses.

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