Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b Infections in Wild Terrestrial Mammals, United States, 2022
Elizabeth J. Elsmo
, Arno Wünschmann, Kimberlee B. Beckmen, Liam E. Broughton-Neiswanger, Elizabeth L. Buckles, Jayne Ellis, Scott D. Fitzgerald, Robert Gerlach, Shawna Hawkins, Hon S. Ip, Julia S. Lankton, Erin M. Lemley, Julianna B. Lenoch, Mary L. Killian, Kristina Lantz, Lindsey Long, Roger Maes, Marta Mainenti, Julie Melotti, Megan E. Moriarty, Shotaro Nakagun, Rachel M. Ruden, Valerie Shearn-Bochsler, Danielle Thompson, Mia K. Torchetti, Arnaud J. Van Wettere, Annabel G. Wise, and Ailam L. Lim
Author affiliations: University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (E.J. Elsmo, S. Hawkins, E.M. Lemley, A.L. Lim); Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Madison (E.J. Elsmo, A.L. Lim); Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (A. Wünschmann); Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA (K.B. Beckmen); Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Pullman, Washington, USA (L.E. Broughton-Neiswanger); New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Ithaca, New York, USA (E.L. Buckles, S. Nakagun); Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Lansing, Michigan, USA (J. Ellis, S.D. Fitzgerald, R. Maes, D. Thompson, A.G. Wise); Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (R. Gerlach); National Wildlife Health Center, Madison (H.S. Ip, J.S. Lankton, V. Shearn-Bochsler); Dane County Humane Society’s Wildlife Center, Madison (E.M. Lemley); US Department of Agriculture National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (J.B. Lenoch); US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Ames, Iowa, USA (M.L. Killian, K. Lantz, M.K. Torchetti); Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison (L. Long); Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Ames (M.E. Mainenti, R.M. Ruden); Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Lansing (J. Melotti, M.E. Moriarty); Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Ames (R.M. Ruden); Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Logan, Utah, USA (A.J. Van Wettere)
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Figure 2,
Figure 2,. Gross photographs of postmortem lesions from red foxes naturally infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, United States. A) Lungs have failed to collapse and are diffusely edematous and mottled pink to dark red. B) Cross section of the left ventricle of the heart showing a focal region of myocardial pallor in the papillary muscle (arrows). C) Stomach contents with feathers.
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