Avian influenza virus A (H5N1), detected through routine surveillance, in child, Bangladesh

W Abdullah Brooks; A S M Alamgir; Rebecca Sultana; M Saiful Islam; Mustafizur Rahman; Alicia M Fry; Bo Shu; Stephen Lindstrom; Kamrun Nahar; Doli Goswami; M Sabbir Haider; Sharifun Nahar; Ebonee Butler; Kathy Hancock; Ruben O Donis; Charles T Davis; Rashid Uz Zaman; Stephen P Luby; Timothy M Uyeki; Mahmudur Rahman

doi:10.3201/eid1508.090283

Avian influenza virus A (H5N1), detected through routine surveillance, in child, Bangladesh

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Aug;15(8):1311-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1508.090283.

Affiliation

¹ International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh. abrooks@icddrb.org

Abstract

We identified avian influenza virus A (H5N1) infection in a child in Bangladesh in 2008 by routine influenza surveillance. The virus was of the same clade and phylogenetic subgroup as that circulating among poultry during the period. This case illustrates the value of routine surveillance for detection of novel influenza virus.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bangladesh
Chickens / virology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / transmission
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / virology*
Humans
Infant
Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype* / classification
Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype* / genetics
Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype* / isolation & purification
Influenza, Human / transmission
Influenza, Human / virology*
Male
Phylogeny
Population Surveillance