Lessons for cross-species viral transmission surveillance from highly pathogenic avian influenza Korean cat shelter outbreaks

Younjung Kim; Guillaume Fournié; Raphaëlle Métras; Daesub Song; Christl A. Donnelly; Dirk U. Pfeiffer; Pierre Nouvellet

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42738-w

Nature Communications (Oct 2023)

Lessons for cross-species viral transmission surveillance from highly pathogenic avian influenza Korean cat shelter outbreaks

Younjung Kim,
Guillaume Fournié,
Raphaëlle Métras,
Daesub Song,
Christl A. Donnelly,
Dirk U. Pfeiffer,
Pierre Nouvellet

Affiliations

Younjung Kim: Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP)
Guillaume Fournié: Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College
Raphaëlle Métras: Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP)
Daesub Song: Department of Veterinary Medicine Virology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University
Christl A. Donnelly: Department of Statistics, University of Oxford
Dirk U. Pfeiffer: Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College
Pierre Nouvellet: Department of Ecology and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42738-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Recent highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) outbreaks in two Korean cat shelters highlight the need to enhance surveillance for cross-species viral transmission into animal populations kept by humans for non-agricultural or non-conventional livestock farming purposes from a One Health perspective.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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