Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in New England Seals
Wendy Blay Puryear, Kaitlin Sawatzki, Nichola J. Hill, Alexa D. Foss, Jonathon J. Stone, Lynda Doughty, Dominique Walk, Katie Gilbert, Maureen Murray, Elena C. Cox, Priya Patel, Zak Mertz, Stephanie Ellis, Jennifer Taylor, Deborah A. Fauquier, , Jonathan A. Runstadler
The paper reports an outbreak of H5N1 in New England seals, linking it to a second wave of H5N1 in wild birds and identifying genetic differences between avian and mammalian infections.
bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology