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  • Title: Fatal H5N6 Avian Influenza Virus Infection in a Domestic Cat and Wild Birds in China.
    Author: Yu Z, Gao X, Wang T, Li Y, Li Y, Xu Y, Chu D, Sun H, Wu C, Li S, Wang H, Li Y, Xia Z, Lin W, Qian J, Chen H, Xia X, Gao Y.
    Journal: Sci Rep; 2015 Jun 02; 5():10704. PubMed ID: 26034886.
    Abstract:
    H5N6 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) may pose a potential human risk as suggested by the first documented naturally-acquired human H5N6 virus infection in 2014. Here, we report the first cases of fatal H5N6 avian influenza virus (AIV) infection in a domestic cat and wild birds. These cases followed human H5N6 infections in China and preceded an H5N6 outbreak in chickens. The extensive migration routes of wild birds may contribute to the geographic spread of H5N6 AIVs and pose a risk to humans and susceptible domesticated animals, and the H5N6 AIVs may spread from southern China to northern China by wild birds. Additional surveillance is required to better understand the threat of zoonotic transmission of AIVs.
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