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

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,...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Vol. 273; no. 1595; pp. 1729 - 1732
Main Authors:	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
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London The Royal Society 22-07-2006
Subjects:	animal health Animals Avian Influenza Biodiversity Biodiversity Conservation Birds - virology Chrotogale owstoni Conservation of Natural Resources conservation practices Female H5N1 H5N1 subtype influenza A virus Infections Influenza A virus Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype - classification Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype - genetics Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype - isolation & purification Orthomyxoviridae Orthomyxoviridae Infections - transmission Orthomyxoviridae Infections - veterinary Orthomyxoviridae Infections - virology Owston's Civet Phylogeny Threatened species Viruses Viverrid Viverridae Viverridae - anatomy & histology Viverridae - physiology Viverridae - virology Waterfowl wild animals Wild birds Wild Species Infections Wildlife conservation Vietnam
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Summary:	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.
Bibliography:	http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/link.asp?id=102024 ArticleID:rspb20063549 href:1729.pdf istex:2AE4BCE62CA095C2F765B544191D88E5FBA69298 ark:/67375/V84-S29KFSTJ-P ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0962-8452 1471-2954
DOI:	10.1098/rspb.2006.3549