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Field and laboratory findings of the first incursion of the Asian H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Africa.

De Benedictis P, Joannis TM, Lombin LH, Shittu I, Beato MS, Rebonato V, Cattoli G, Capua I

OIE, FAO and National Reference Laboratory for Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Viale dell'Università 10, Padova, Legnaro, Italy.

In mid-January 2006 an outbreak of avian influenza in domestic birds was recorded in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The virus responsible for the outbreak was characterized as a highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 (A/chicken/Nigeria/641/06), belonging to the Qinghai lineage. The index case occurred on a farm containing mixed avian species including free-range birds. Clinical signs and mortality were observed in chickens, geese and ostriches. The present paper describes the clinical, pathological and virological findings of this outbreak.

Published 4 May 2007 in Avian Pathol, 36(2): 115-7.
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