Highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 Clade 2.3.2.1c virus in poultry in Cameroon, 2016–2017
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
HPAI A/H5N1 was detected in May 2016 in domestic chickens in Yaoundé-Cameroon.
Twenty-one outbreaks in total were confirmed from May 2016 to March 2017.
The causative H5N1 viruses fall within the genetic clade 2.3.2.1c.
The viral gene constellation showed evidence of H5N1/H9N2 intra-clade reassortment.
Keywords: Cameroon; HPAI H5N1; full genome; intra-clade reassortment; outbreaks
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Laboratoire National Veterinaire (LANAVET), Yaoundé, Cameroon 2: Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries (MINEPIA), Yaoundé, Cameroon 3: Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon 4: FAO-Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon 5: Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon 6: Metabiota Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon 7: CRESAR, Yaoundé, Cameroon 8: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy 9: Emerging and Reemerging Zoonotic Diseases Program, Yaoundé, Cameroon 10: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN-FAO) Headquarters, Roma, Italy 11: UN-FAO Regional Office, Ghana & Gabon 12: USAID Preparedness and Response Project, Accra, Ghana 13: Administration, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon 14: Biotechnology Centre, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon 15: Animal Production and Health Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division for Nuclear Applications in Food and Agriculture, IAEA, Vienna, Austria
Publication date: 02 November 2018
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