Literature DB >> 31483707

Avian Influenza H5N8 Outbreak in African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus), Namibia, 2019.

Umberto Molini1, Gottlieb Aikukutu2, Jean-Paul Roux3, Jessica Kemper4, Charles Ntahonshikira1, Giuseppe Marruchella1,5, Siegfried Khaiseb2, Giovanni Cattoli6, William G Dundon6.   

Abstract

In January 2019, high mortalities were reported among African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) in a breeding colony on Halifax Island, Namibia, Africa. Analysis of samples by reverse transcription quantitative PCR indicated the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N8. Sequence analysis of the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase genes confirmed the presence of the virus in the birds and its high similarity to HPAI subtype H5N8 identified in South Africa in 2017. There have been no previous reports of HPAI H5N8 in Namibia.

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Keywords:  H5N8; Highly pathogenic avian influenza; Namibia; outbreak; penguins

Year:  2019        PMID： 31483707

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Wildl Dis        ISSN： 0090-3558            Impact factor:   1.535


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