TY - JOUR AU - Lenny, Brian AU - Shanmuganatham, Karthik AU - Sonnberg, Stephanie AU - Feeroz, Mohammed AU - Alam, S.M. Rabiul AU - Hasan, M. Kamrul AU - Jones-Engel, Lisa AU - McKenzie, Pamela AU - Krauss, Scott AU - Webster, Robert AU - Jones, Jeremy T1 - Replication Capacity of Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus in Pet Birds and Mammals, Bangladesh T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 12 SP - 2174 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Avian influenza A(H9N2) is an agricultural and public health threat. We characterized an H9N2 virus from a pet market in Bangladesh and demonstrated replication in samples from pet birds, swine tissues, human airway and ocular cells, and ferrets. Results implicated pet birds in the potential dissemination and zoonotic transmission of this virus. KW - H9N2 influenza KW - viruses KW - vectorborne infections KW - influenza KW - mammals KW - pathogenesis KW - pet birds KW - surveillance KW - Bangladesh KW - Influenza AH9N2 KW - avian influenza KW - vector-borne infections KW - zoonoses KW - respiratory infections KW - poultry KW - highly pathogenic avian influenza KW - H7N3 KW - India DO - 10.3201/eid2112.151152 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/12/15-1152_article ER - End of Reference