Avian influenza H5N1 in viverrids: implications for wildlife health and conservation.
The Asian countries chronically infected with avian influenza A H5N1 are 'global hotspots' for biodiversity conservation in terms of species diversity, endemism and levels of threat. Since 2003, avian influenza A H5N1 viruses have naturally infected and killed a range of wild bird species, four felid species and a mustelid. Here, we report fatal disseminated H5N1 infection in a globally threatened viverrid, the Owston's civet, in Vietnam, highlighting the risk that avian influenza H5N1 poses to mammalian and avian biodiversity across its expanding geographic range.
Roberton
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Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Bell
D J
DJ
Smith
G J D
GJ
Nicholls
J M
JM
Chan
K H
KH
Nguyen
D T
DT
Tran
P Q
PQ
Streicher
U
U
Poon
L L M
LL
Chen
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H
Horby
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P
Guardo
M
M
Guan
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Y
Peiris
J S M
JS
D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005260:Female; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D045949:Viverridae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology / Q000821:virology*