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Volume 19, Number 9—September 2013
Research

Antigenic and Molecular Characterization of Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Viruses, Bangladesh

Karthik Shanmuganatham, Mohammed M. Feeroz, Lisa Jones-Engel, Gavin J.D. Smith, Mathieu Fourment, David Walker, Laura McClenaghan, S.M. Rabiul Alam, M. Kamrul Hasan, Patrick Seiler, John Franks, Angie Danner, Subrata Barman, Pamela McKenzie, Scott Krauss, Richard J. Webby, and Robert G. WebsterComments to Author 
Author affiliations: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA (K. Shanmuganatham, D. Walker, L. McClenaghan, P. Seiler, J. Franks, A. Danner, S. Barman, P. McKenzie, S. Krauss, R.J. Webby, R.G. Webster); Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (M.M. Feeroz, S.M.R. Alam, M.K. Hasan); University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA (L. Jones-Engel); Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore (G.J.D. Smith, M. Fourment); Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA (G.J.D. Smith)

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Table 1

Sources and subtypes of avian influenza viruses isolated in Bangladesh, 2008–2011

Site Primary species from which samples were obtained* Primary species from which sample was influenza positive Total no. samples Subtypes
H1N2, H1N3, H3N6, H3N8, H4N2, H10N7 H5N1 H9N2
Live bird market-1
Quail
 Quail
 821
20
 37
Live bird market-2 Chickens, ducks, pigeons
 Chickens 1,691 12 13 85
Duck
2
Live bird market-3 Chickens Chickens 1,877 7 38 360
Ducks
2
Live bird markets-4
 Chickens
 Chickens
 46
12
Live bird markets-5 Chickens Chickens 2,677 14 20 205
Duck
2
Pet market
 Pet and wild birds
 Quail
 1,859
 3
 1
 20
Farm-1 Ducks Ducks 100 24
Farm-2 Chickens Chickens 3,945 2 9
Farm-3 Chickens 40
Farm-4 Ducks 100
Farm-5 Ducks 100
Farm-6
 Ducks
901
Wild birds, environmental-1 Wild birds 836
Wild birds, environmental -2 Wild birds 471
Wild ducks, environmental-1 Water 1,724
Wild ducks, environmental-2
 Ducks
250
Total 17,438 62 92 734

*Other species that were sampled at some locations included turkeys, wild birds, and exotic birds.

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