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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) in Frozen Duck Carcasses, Germany, 2007
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 272-279 (2009)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2009.
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Abstract
- Article summary line: Phylogenetic and epidemiologic evidence shows incursion of HPAIV into the food chain.<br />We conducted phylogenetic and epidemiologic analyses to determine sources of outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV), subtype H5N1, in poultry holdings in 2007 in Germany, and a suspected incursion of HPAIV into the food chain through contaminated deep-frozen duck carcasses. In summer 2007, HPAIV (H5N1) outbreaks in 3 poultry holdings in Germany were temporally, spatially, and phylogenetically linked to outbreaks in wild aquatic birds. Detection of HPAIV (H5N1) in frozen duck carcass samples of retained slaughter batches of 1 farm indicated that silent infection had occurred for some time before the incidental detection. Phylogenetic analysis established a direct epidemiologic link between HPAIV isolated from duck meat and strains isolated from 3 further outbreaks in December 2007 in backyard chickens that had access to uncooked offal from commercial deep-frozen duck carcasses. Measures that will prevent such undetected introduction of HPAIV (H5N1) into the food chain are urgently required.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Highly pathogenic avian influenza
Veterinary medicine
Meat
animal structures
Epidemiology
animal diseases
lcsh:Medicine
Biology
Antibodies, Viral
phylogeny
medicine.disease_cause
Poultry
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Disease Outbreaks
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Food chain
Germany
Freezing
medicine
Influenza A virus
Animals
lcsh:RC109-216
Poultry Diseases
Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype
business.industry
Research
lcsh:R
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
virus diseases
Outbreak
H5N1
Food safety
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1
food safety
Ducks
Infectious Diseases
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus
Influenza in Birds
Immunoenzyme techniques
business
Abattoirs
Food contaminant
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10806059 and 10806040
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3e125a2164cdb763366036de6b7b5a0c