Avian influenza H5N1 in viverrids: implications for wildlife health and conservation

S. I. Roberton; D. J. Bell; G. J. D. Smith; J. M. Nicholls; K. H. Chan; D. T. Nguyen; P. Q. Tran; U Streicher; L. L. M. Poon; H. Chen; P. Horby; M. Guardo; Y. Guan; J. S. M. Peiris

doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3549

Avian influenza H5N1 in viverrids: implications for wildlife health and conservation

S. I. Roberton
, D. J. Bell
, G. J. D. Smith
, J. M. Nicholls
, K. H. Chan
, D. T. Nguyen
, P. Q. Tran
, U Streicher
, L. L. M. Poon
, H. Chen
, P. Horby
, M. Guardo
, Y. Guan
, J. S. M. Peiris

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1729-1732
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume	273
Issue number	1595
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3549
Publication status	Published - 22 Jul 2006

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Roberton, S. I., Bell, D. J., Smith, G. J. D., Nicholls, J. M., Chan, K. H., Nguyen, D. T., Tran, P. Q., Streicher, U., Poon, L. L. M., Chen, H., Horby, P., Guardo, M., Guan, Y., & Peiris, J. S. M. (2006). Avian influenza H5N1 in viverrids: implications for wildlife health and conservation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273(1595), 1729-1732. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3549

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