Influenza, Avian

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PATHOGENS

Categorized according to ability to kill chickens in a laboratory setting:
- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI):
- Influenza (H5N1), avian first detected in Chinese geese 1996
  - Occasional human pathogen since 1997
- Low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI):
  - Most Influenza A H5 types (except H5N1 as above)
  - Most Influenza A H7 types
    - H7N9 (2013-14, 2016-17 China), appears to cause particularly severe human infection (mortality rate ~40%)
    - Types H7N2, H7N3, H7N7) cause of mild-moderate occasional human infection
  - H9N2 (rare human illness, mild)

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Last updated: September 10, 2018

Citation

Auwaerter, Paul G. "Influenza, Avian." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2018. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540288/all/Influenza__Avian.

Auwaerter PG. Influenza, Avian. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540288/all/Influenza__Avian. Accessed February 24, 2019.

Auwaerter, P. G. (2018). Influenza, Avian. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540288/all/Influenza__Avian

Auwaerter PG. Influenza, Avian [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. [cited 2019 February 24]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540288/all/Influenza__Avian

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