Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2009)

Avian Influenza Virus A (H5N1), Detected through Routine Surveillance, in Child, Bangladesh

  • W. Abdullah Brooks,
  • A.S.M. Alamgir,
  • Rebecca Sultana,
  • M. Saiful Islam,
  • Mustafizur Rahman,
  • Alicia M. Fry,
  • Bo Shu,
  • Stephen Lindstrom,
  • Kamrun Nahar,
  • Doli Goswami,
  • M. Sabbir Haider,
  • Sharifun Nahar,
  • Ebonee Butler,
  • Kathy Hancock,
  • Ruben O. Donis,
  • Charles T. Davis,
  • Rashid Uz Zaman,
  • Stephen P. Luby,
  • Timothy M. Uyeki,
  • Mahmudur Rahman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1508.090283
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 8
pp. 1311 – 1313

Abstract

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We identified avian influenza virus A (H5N1) infection in a child in Bangladesh in 2008 by routine influenza surveillance. The virus was of the same clade and phylogenetic subgroup as that circulating among poultry during the period. This case illustrates the value of routine surveillance for detection of novel influenza virus.

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