Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2024)

Seroprevalence of Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus Infection, Guangdong Province, China, 2022

  • Yang Wang,
  • Chunguang Yang,
  • Yong Liu,
  • Jiawei Zhang,
  • Wei Qu,
  • Jingyi Liang,
  • Chuanmeizi Tu,
  • Qianyi Mai,
  • Kailin Mai,
  • Pei Feng,
  • Wenjing Huang,
  • Zhengshi Lin,
  • Chitin Hon,
  • Zifeng Yang,
  • Weiqi Pan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3004.231226
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 4
pp. 826 – 828

Abstract

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In 2022, we assessed avian influenza A virus subtype H5N6 seroprevalence among the general population in Guangdong Province, China, amid rising numbers of human infections. Among the tested samples, we found 1 to be seropositive, suggesting that the virus poses a low but present risk to the general population.

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