Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus–Induced Mass Death of Wild Birds, Caspian Sea, Russia, 2022

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Authors

Ivan Sobolev · Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine

А. А. Гаджиев · Research Institute of Influenza

Kirill Sharshov · Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine

Olesia V. Ohlopkova · Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine

Kristina A. Stolbunova · Astrakhan Biosphere Nature Reserve

Artem Fadeev · Research Institute of Influenza

Abstract

In May 2022, we observed a substantial die-off of wild migratory waterbirds on Maliy Zhemchuzhniy Island in the Caspian Sea, Russia. The deaths were caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4.b virus. Continued surveillance of influenza viruses in wild bird populations is needed to predict virus spread over long distances.

Topics & Keywords

Influenza Virus Research Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 29, Issue 12, pp. 2528-2532

DOI: 10.3201/eid2912.230330

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