Neurotropic Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Red Foxes, Northern Germany

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Dec;29(12):2509-2512. doi: 10.3201/eid2912.230938.ABSTRACTIn a 1-year survey of wild terrestrial predators in northern Germany, we found that 5 of 110 foxes were infected with contemporary avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses, forming a temporal cluster during January‒March 2023. Encephalitis and strong cerebral virus replication but only sporadic mammalian-adaptive viral polymerase basic 2 protein E627K mutations were seen.PMID:37987587 | DOI:10.3201/eid2912.230938

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - November 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Christine Baechlein Sven Kleinschmidt Dorothee Hartmann Patricia Kammeyer Anne W öhlke Tobias Warmann Louise Herms Bianca K ühl Andreas Beineke Peter Wohlsein Timm Harder Martin Runge Source Type: research