Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance Across New Zealand and Its Subantarctic Islands Detects H1N9 in Migratory Shorebirds, but Not 2.3.4.4b HPAI H5N1

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Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance Across New Zealand and Its Subantarctic Islands Detects H1N9 in Migratory Shorebirds, but Not 2.3.4.4b HPAI H5N1

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus subtype H5N1 has never been detected in New Zealand. The potential impact of this virus on New Zealand's wild birds would be catastrophic. To expand our knowledge of avian influenza viruses across New Zealand, we sampled wild aquatic birds from New Zealand, its outer islands and its subantarctic territories. Metatranscriptomic analysis of 700 individuals spanning 33 species revealed no detection of H5N1 during the annual 2023–2024 migration. A si...

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2025-04

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Waller SJ / Wierenga JR / Heremia L / Darnley JA / de Vries I / Dubrulle J / Robinson Z / Miller AK / Niebuhr CN / Melville DS / Schuckard R / Battley PF / Wille M / Alai B / Cole R / Cooper J / Ellenberg U / Elliott G / Faulkner J / Fischer JH / Fyfe J / Hay L / Houston D / Keys BC / Long J / Long R / Mattern T / McGovern H / McNutt L / Moore P / Neil O / Osborne J / Pagé A-S / Parker KA / Perry M / Philp B / Reid J / Rexer-Huber K / Russell JC / Sagar R / Ruru TT / Thompson T / Thomson L / Tinnemans J / Uddstrom L / Waipoua TA / Walker K / Whitehead E / Wickes C / Young MJ / McInnes K / Winter D / Geoghegan JL

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/72830

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2.3.4.4b HPAI / avian influenza virus / H1N9 / H5N1 / New Zealand / subantarctic islands / surveillance

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