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Volume 28, Number 1—January 2022
Dispatch

Intercontinental Spread of Eurasian Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) to Senegal

Fatou T. Lo1, Bianca Zecchin1Comments to Author , Alpha A. Diallo, O. Racky, Luca Tassoni, Aida Diop, Moussa Diouf, Mayékor Diouf, Yacine N. Samb, Ambra Pastori, Federica Gobbo, Francesca Ellero, Mariame Diop, Modou M. Lo, Mame N. Diouf, Mathioro Fall, Amadou A. Ndiaye, Adji M. Gaye, Médoune Badiane, Mbargou Lo, Babacor N. Youm, Ibrahima Ndao, Marius Niaga, Calogero Terregino, Boly Diop, Youssou Ndiaye, Angelique Angot, Ismaila Seck, Mamadou Niang, Baba Soumare, Alice Fusaro, and Isabella Monne
Author affiliations: Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles–Laboratoire National de l’Elevage et de Recherches Vétérinaires, Dakar-Hann, Senegal (F.T. Lo, A.A. Diallo, R.O. Ba, A. Diop, Moussa Diouf, Mayékor Diouf, Y.N. Samb, M. Diop, M.M. Lo, M.N. Diouf); Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy (B. Zecchin, L. Tassoni, A. Pastori, F. Gobbo, F. Ellero, C. Terregino, A. Fusaro, I. Monne); Direction des Services Vétérinaires, Rufisque, Senegal (M. Fall, A.A. Ndiaye, A.M. Gaye, M. Badiane, M. Lo); Direction des Parcs Nationaux, Dakar, Senegal (B.N. Youm, I. Ndao, M. Niaga); Direction de la Prévention, Dakar (B. Diop); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Dakar (Y. Ndiaye); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy (A. Angot); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Accra, Ghana (I. Seck, M. Niang, B. Soumare)

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Table

HPAI H5N1 viruses identified from chicken and pelican samples, Senegal, 2020–2021*

Sample type Virus name Species Location Latitude and longitude Collection date GISAID accession no.
Cloacal swab A/chicken/Senegal/21VIR1084–3/2021 Chicken Thies region 14.781388, 17.042222 2020 Dec 23 EPI1866442–9
Cloacal swab A/chicken/Senegal/21VIR1084–4/2021 Chicken Thies region 14.781388, 17.042222 2020 Dec 23 EPI1866450–7
Cloacal swab A/chicken/Senegal/21VIR1084–5/2021 Chicken Thies region 14.781388, 17.042222 2020 Dec 23 EPI1866458–65
Oropharyngeal swab A/great-white_pelican/Senegal/21–67_21VIR1084–8/2021 Great white pelican Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary 16.352169, 16.277897 2021 Jan 23 EPI1866466–73

*Sequences were submitted to GISAID's EpiFlu database (https://www.gisaid.org). HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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