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. 2021 Nov;27(11):2960-2962.
doi: 10.3201/eid2711.211281.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Wild Red Foxes, the Netherlands, 2021

Jolianne M Rijks, Hanna Hesselink, Pim Lollinga, Renee Wesselman, Pier Prins, Eefke Weesendorp, Marc Engelsma, Rene Heutink, Frank Harders, Marja Kik, Harry Rozendaal, Hans van den Kerkhof, Nancy Beerens

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Wild Red Foxes, the Netherlands, 2021

Jolianne M Rijks et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Nov.

Abstract

We detected infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus clade 2.3.4.4b in 2 red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs found in the wild with neurologic signs in the Netherlands. The virus is related to avian influenza viruses found in wild birds in the same area.

Keywords: H5N1 subtype; Vulpes vulpes; amino acids; animals; disease outbreaks; foxes; influenza A virus; influenza in birds; respiratory infections; the Netherlands; viruses; wild; zoonoses.

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Salivating red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub 1 during a fit, the Netherlands, 2021. Seizure started with retracting lips at 0 sec (A), followed by facial wrinkling with opening of mouth at 0.07 sec (B), closing of the jaws at 0.17 sec (C), then back to “normal” at 0.40 sec (D), before this sequence starts all over at 0.50 sec.
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