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Volume 27, Number 11—November 2021
Research Letter

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Wild Red Foxes, the Netherlands, 2021

Jolianne M. RijksComments to Author , Hanna Hesselink, Pim Lollinga, Renee Wesselman, Pier Prins, Eefke Weesendorp, Marc Engelsma, Rene Heutink, Frank Harders, Marja Kik, Harry Rozendaal, Hans van den Kerkhof, and Nancy Beerens
Author affiliations: Dutch Wildlife Health Centre, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands (J.M. Rijks, H. Hesselink, M. Kik); Stichting Faunavisie Wildlife Care, Westernieland, the Netherlands (P. Lollinga); Stichting Faunavisie Wildlife Care, Blijham, the Netherlands (R. Wesselman); Dierenkliniek Winsum, Winsum, the Netherlands (P. Prins); Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, the Netherlands (E. Weesendorp, M. Engelsma, R. Heutink, F. Harders, N. Beerens); Dutch Food and Consumer Products Safety Authority, Utrecht (H. Rozendaal); Coordination Centre for Communicable Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (H. van den Kerkhof)

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Results of diagnostic tests of avian influenza viruses detected in 2 red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs, the Netherlands, 2021*

Red fox Pooled samples of brain M-PCR1 Ct value M-PCR2 Ct value H5-PCR Ct value
Cub 1 Ammon’s horn and medulla oblongata 21.27 21.46 23.35
Cub 1 Cerebellum and cerebrum 19.31 20.79 21.65
Cub 2 Ammon’s horn and medulla oblongata 25.72 25.92 26.44
Cub 2 Cerebellum and cerebrum 20.09 21.58 23.47

*Ct, cycle threshold; H5-PCR, subtype-specific PCR on the H5 gene; M-PCR1, PCR on the matrix gene of influenza A, repetition 1; M-PCR2, PCR on the matrix gene of influenza A, repetition 2

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