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Influenza, Avian
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PATHOGENS
- Categorized according to the ability to kill chickens in a laboratory setting:
- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI):
- Influenza (H5N1), avian first detected in Chinese geese in 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)
- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI):
- CDC (2019): considers risks for outbreaks of HPAI H5 or H7 viruses in poultry or wild birds to be low.
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PATHOGENS
- Categorized according to the ability to kill chickens in a laboratory setting:
- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI):
- Influenza (H5N1), avian first detected in Chinese geese in 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)
- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI):
- CDC (2019): considers risks for outbreaks of HPAI H5 or H7 viruses in poultry or wild birds to be low.
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Last updated: September 16, 2020
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Auwaerter, Paul G. "Influenza, Avian." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2020. 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; 2020. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540288/all/Influenza__Avian. Accessed January 16, 2021.
Auwaerter, P. G. (2020). Influenza, Avian. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved January 16, 2021, 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; 2020. [cited 2021 January 16]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540288/all/Influenza__Avian.
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