Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2015)

Replication Capacity of Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus in Pet Birds and Mammals, Bangladesh

  • Brian J. Lenny,
  • Karthik Shanmuganatham,
  • Stephanie Sonnberg,
  • Mohammed M. Feeroz,
  • S.M. Rabiul Alam,
  • M. Kamrul Hasan,
  • Lisa Jones-Engel,
  • Pamela McKenzie,
  • Scott Krauss,
  • Robert G. Webster,
  • Jeremy C. Jones

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.151152
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 12
pp. 2174 – 2177

Abstract

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Avian influenza A(H9N2) is an agricultural and public health threat. We characterized an H9N2 virus from a pet market in Bangladesh and demonstrated replication in samples from pet birds, swine tissues, human airway and ocular cells, and ferrets. Results implicated pet birds in the potential dissemination and zoonotic transmission of this virus.

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