title: Avian influenza H5N1 in viverrids: implications for wildlife health and conservation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Roberton
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: G J D
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Nicholls
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: P Q
authors.initials: PQ
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Streicher
authors.forename: L L M
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Horby
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guardo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: J S M
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Peiris
mesh_terms: 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*