Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Dispatch
Novel Eurasian Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A H5 Viruses in Wild Birds, Washington, USA, 2014
Table 1
Summary of influenza test results for samples from 10 birds from Washington, USA, 2014*
Sample ID no. | Species, common name | Necropsy | AIV status | Diagnostic finding |
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26080–001 | Northern shoveler | Yes | PCR negative, isolation negative | Aspergillosis |
26080–002 | Northern pintail | Yes | Subtype H5N2 | Aspergillosis, HPAI |
26080–003 | American wigeon | Yes | PCR positive, isolation negative | Aspergillosis |
26080–004 | American wigeon | No | PCR negative, isolation negative | ND |
26080–005 | American wigeon | No | PCR negative, isolation negative | ND |
26080–006† | Mallard | Yes | PCR positive, isolation negative | Aspergillosis |
26080–007† | Mallard | Yes | PCR positive, isolation negative | Aspergillosis |
26080–008† | Mallard | No | PCR positive, isolation negative | ND |
26080–009 | Trumpeter swan | Yes | PCR negative, isolation negative | Emaciation |
RW099878 | Gyrfalcon | Yes | Subtype H5N8 | HPAI |
*AIV, avian influenza virus; HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza; ID, identification, ND, not determined.
†Specimens tested by the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.