Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus in Smuggled Thai Eagles, Belgium

We report the isolation and characterization of a highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 virus from Crested Hawk-Eagles smuggled into Europe by air travel. A screening performed in human and avian contacts indicated no dissemination occurred. Illegal movements of birds are a major threat for the i...

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Autores principales: Van Borm, Steven, Thomas, Isabelle, Hanquet, Germaine, Lambrecht, Bénédicte, Boschmans, Marc, Dupont, Gérald, Decaestecker, Mireille, Snacken, René, van den Berg, Thierry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15890123
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1105.050211
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author Van Borm, Steven
Thomas, Isabelle
Hanquet, Germaine
Lambrecht, Bénédicte
Boschmans, Marc
Dupont, Gérald
Decaestecker, Mireille
Snacken, René
van den Berg, Thierry
author_facet Van Borm, Steven
Thomas, Isabelle
Hanquet, Germaine
Lambrecht, Bénédicte
Boschmans, Marc
Dupont, Gérald
Decaestecker, Mireille
Snacken, René
van den Berg, Thierry
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description We report the isolation and characterization of a highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 virus from Crested Hawk-Eagles smuggled into Europe by air travel. A screening performed in human and avian contacts indicated no dissemination occurred. Illegal movements of birds are a major threat for the introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
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spelling pubmed-33203882012-04-20 Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus in Smuggled Thai Eagles, Belgium Van Borm, Steven Thomas, Isabelle Hanquet, Germaine Lambrecht, Bénédicte Boschmans, Marc Dupont, Gérald Decaestecker, Mireille Snacken, René van den Berg, Thierry Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report the isolation and characterization of a highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 virus from Crested Hawk-Eagles smuggled into Europe by air travel. A screening performed in human and avian contacts indicated no dissemination occurred. Illegal movements of birds are a major threat for the introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3320388/ /pubmed/15890123 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1105.050211 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Van Borm, Steven
Thomas, Isabelle
Hanquet, Germaine
Lambrecht, Bénédicte
Boschmans, Marc
Dupont, Gérald
Decaestecker, Mireille
Snacken, René
van den Berg, Thierry
Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus in Smuggled Thai Eagles, Belgium
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title_full Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus in Smuggled Thai Eagles, Belgium
title_fullStr Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus in Smuggled Thai Eagles, Belgium
title_full_unstemmed Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus in Smuggled Thai Eagles, Belgium
title_short Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus in Smuggled Thai Eagles, Belgium
title_sort highly pathogenic h5n1 influenza virus in smuggled thai eagles, belgium
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15890123
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1105.050211
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