HPAI H5N1 Surveillance in Migratory Birds in Egypt - Middle East
HPAI H5N1 Surveillance in Migratory Birds in Egypt - Middle East
HPAI H5N1 Surveillance in Migratory Birds in Egypt - Middle East
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AI <strong>Surveillance</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Migratory</strong> <strong>Birds</strong>:Discussion and Conclusions Detection of <strong>HPAI</strong> <strong>H5N1</strong> <strong>in</strong> a Common Teal just before poultryoutbreaks and human cases <strong>in</strong> <strong>Egypt</strong> <strong>in</strong> December 2005suggested the <strong>in</strong>volvement of migratory birds as possiblevectors for virus <strong>in</strong>troduction <strong>in</strong> <strong>Egypt</strong>. However as this bird was trapped and caged by a fisherman,the possibility that it could have been exposed to <strong>in</strong>fecteddomestic poultry could not be rule out with certa<strong>in</strong>ty.