Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2018)

Detection of Low Pathogenicity Influenza A(H7N3) Virus during Duck Mortality Event, Cambodia, 2017

  • Annika Suttie,
  • Sokhoun Yann,
  • Phalla Y,
  • Sothyra Tum,
  • Yi-Mo Deng,
  • Vibol Hul,
  • Viseth Srey Horm,
  • Ian Barr,
  • Andrew Greenhill,
  • Paul F. Horwood,
  • Kristina Osbjer,
  • Erik A. Karlsson,
  • Philippe Dussart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.172099
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 6
pp. 1103 – 1107

Abstract

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In January 2017, an estimated 3,700 (93%) of 4,000 Khaki Campbell ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) died in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia. We detected low pathogenicity avian influenza A(H7N3) virus and anatid herpesvirus 1 (duck plague) in the affected flock; however, the exact cause of the mortality event remains unclear.

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