Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 in ducks in the Northern part of Cameroon

• Published in: Veterinary microbiology Vol. 130; no. 3; pp. 380 - 384
• Main Authors: Njouom, Richard, Aubin, Jean-Thierry, Bella, Assumpta Lucienne, Demsa, Baschirou Moussa, Rouquet, Pierre, Gake, Bouba, Ngangnou, André, Foupouapouognigni, Yacouba, Van Der Werf, Sylvie, Rocourt, Jocelyne, Rousset, Dominique
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 25.08.2008; Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier; Elsevier Science; Elsevier
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animal Migration; Animals; Animals, Wild; avian influenza; Avian influenza virus; Biological and medical sciences; Birds; Cameroon; Cameroon - epidemiology; Cloaca; disease detection; disease outbreaks; disease surveillance; Ducks; emerging diseases; epidemiological studies; Female; France; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genetic variation; H5N1; Hemagglutinins; Hemagglutinins - chemistry; Hemagglutinins - genetics; HPAI; Influenza A virus; Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype; Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype - genetics; Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype - isolation & purification; Influenza A Virus, H9N2 Subtype; Influenza in Birds; Influenza in Birds - epidemiology; Influenza in Birds - virology; Life Sciences; Male; Microbiology; Microbiology and Parasitology; Miscellaneous; molecular epidemiology; molecular genetics; Molecular Sequence Data; pathogen identification; pathotypes; Phylogeny; poultry diseases; Prevalence; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; risk assessment; Sentinel Surveillance; sialidase; Species Specificity; strains; Viral Nonstructural Proteins; Viral Nonstructural Proteins - chemistry; Viral Nonstructural Proteins - genetics; Virology; virulence; Cameroon; Africa; Nigeria; Sudan; Cote d'Ivoire; HPAI; H5N1; Cameroon; Virus; Pathogenicity; Influenzavirus A; Avian influenzavirus; Microbiology; Orthomyxoviridae; Zoopathogen; Veterinary; Subtype

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus was first detected in Cameroon in February 2006. Analysis of NA sequences of the virus demonstrated that it is closely related to the H5N1 isolates from Northern Nigeria, Sudan and Ivory Coast, suggesting a common virus ancestor.