Outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b virus in cats, Poland, June to July 2023

ConclusionThe scale of HPAI H5N1 virus infection in cats in Poland is worrying. One of the possible sources seems to be poultry meat, but to date no such meat has been identified with certainty. Surveillance should be stepped up on poultry, but also on certain species of farmed mammals kept close to infected poultry farms.PMID:37535474 | PMC:PMC10401911 | DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.31.2300366

Source: Euro Surveill - August 3, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Katarzyna Doma ńska-Blicharz Edyta Świętoń Agnieszka Świątalska Isabella Monne Alice Fusaro Karolina Tarasiuk Krzysztof Wyrostek Natalia Sty ś-Fijoł Aleksandra Giza Marta Pietruk Bianca Zechchin Ambra Pastori Łukasz Adaszek Ma łgorzata Pomorska- Source Type: research