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Volume 29, Number 8—August 2023
Research Letter

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Virus in Domestic Cat, France, 2022

François-Xavier BriandComments to Author , Florent Souchaud, Isabelle Pierre, Véronique Beven, Edouard Hirchaud, Fabrice Hérault, René Planel, Angélina Rigaudeau, Sibylle Bernard-Stoecklin, Sylvie Van der Werf, Bruno Lina, Guillaume Gerbier, Nicolas Eterradossi, Audrey Schmitz, Eric Niqueux, and Béatrice Grasland
Author affiliations: ANSES, Ploufragan, France (F.-X. Briand, F. Souchaud, I. Pierre, V. Beven, E. Hirchaud, N. Eterradossi, A. Schmitz, E. Niqueux, B. Grasland); Clinique Vétérinaire des Deux Rivières, Mauléon, France (F. Hérault); Clinique Vétérinaire Filiavet, Bressuire, France (R. Planel); Resalab Ouest site de Labovet Analyse, Les Herbiers, France (A. Rigaudeau); Santé publique France, Saint-Maurice, France (S. Bernard-Stoecklin); Université Paris Cité Institut Pasteur National Reference Center, Paris, France (S. Van der Werf); National Reference Center for Respiratory Viruses, Lyon, France (B. Lina); Université de Lyon, Lyon (B. Lina); French Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Paris (G. Gerbier)

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Table

Real-time reverse transcription PCR results for different clinical samples in study of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b virus in domestic cat, France, 2022*

Sample PCR target gene
Matrix protein H5 hemagglutinin H5 hemagglutinin 2.3.4.4b N1 neuraminidase
Tracheal swab 25.5 25.5 26 29.4
Sinonasal swab 33.3 31.5 32.9 36.7
Anal swab ND ND NA NA

*Values are PCR cycle thresholds. NA, not applicable; ND, not detected.

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