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Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus
Robert Kozak, Isaac I. Bogoch and Samira Mubareka
CMAJ July 15, 2024 196 (25) E878; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.240697
Robert Kozak
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Molecular Diagnostics (Kozak), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Shared Hospital Laboratory (Kozak); Department of Medicine (Bogoch), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Mubareka); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Kozak, Mubareka), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
PhDIsaac I. Bogoch
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Molecular Diagnostics (Kozak), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Shared Hospital Laboratory (Kozak); Department of Medicine (Bogoch), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Mubareka); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Kozak, Mubareka), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MDSamira Mubareka
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Molecular Diagnostics (Kozak), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Shared Hospital Laboratory (Kozak); Department of Medicine (Bogoch), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Mubareka); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Kozak, Mubareka), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus
Robert Kozak, Isaac I. Bogoch, Samira Mubareka
CMAJ Jul 2024, 196 (25) E878; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.240697
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- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus is spread globally by wild birds
- As of June 12, 2024, no reported human cases of H5N1 have been acquired in Canada
- Clinicians should ask about animal exposures in people presenting with influenza-like illness, conjunctivitis or, less commonly, meningoencephalitis
- Conventional laboratory-based testing may identify H5N1 HPAI as influenza A virus
- No vaccine currently exists for human use in Canada
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