Investigating the Genetic Diversity of H5 Avian Influenza Viruses in the United Kingdom from 2020

Investigating the Genetic Diversity of H5 Avian Influenza Viruses in the United Kingdom from 2020–2022

Published:2023-08-17 Issue:4 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Byrne Alexander M. P.¹^ORCID,James Joe¹²^ORCID,Mollett Benjamin C.¹,Meyer Stephanie M.¹²,Lewis Thomas¹²,Czepiel Magdalena¹²,Seekings Amanda H.¹,Mahmood Sahar¹,Thomas Saumya S.¹,Ross Craig S.¹,Byrne Dominic J. F.³,McMenamy Michael J.⁴,Bailie Valerie⁴,Lemon Ken⁴,Hansen Rowena D. E.⁵,Falchieri Marco¹,Lewis Nicola S.⁶⁷,Reid Scott M.¹,Brown Ian H.¹²,Banyard Ashley C.¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Virology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

2. WOAH/FAO International Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, Swine Influenza and Newcastle Disease, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA-Weybridge), Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

3. School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

4. Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute, Belfast, United Kingdom

5. Veterinary Exotics and Notifiable Disease Unit, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

6. Department of Pathology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

7. Worldwide Influenza Centre, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

High-pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV) outbreaks devastate avian species across all sectors, having both economic and ecological impacts through mortalities in poultry and wild birds, respectively. These viruses can also represent a significant zoonotic risk.

Funder

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom Government

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

UKRI | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.04776-22

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