The outbreak of avian influenza H5N1 in Hong Kong in 1997 raised concerns about the potential for the H5 subtype to cause a human pandemic. In 2001 a new H5N1 virus, A/Duck Meat/Anyang/AVL-1/2001 (A/Dkmt), was isolated from imported duck meat in Korea. The pathogenesis of this virus was investigated in mice. A/Dkmt virus had low infectivity but was lethal for mice at high doses, and at lethal doses, the virus replicated in the brains of infected mice. A/Dkmt virus cross-reacted poorly with ferret antisera raised against human H5N1 viruses, but prior infection with A/Dkmt virus protected mice from death after secondary infection with human H5N1 virus.
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1 September 2003
Pathogenesis of and Immunity to a New Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Isolated from Duck Meat
X. H. Lu,
D. Cho,
H. Hall,
T. Rowe,
I. P. Mo,
H. W. Sung,
W. J. Kim,
C. Kang,
N. Cox,
A. Klimov,
J. M. Katz
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Antigenicity
avian influenza virus
cross-protection
pathogenesis