Limited susceptibility of chickens, turkeys, and mice to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Apr;16(4):703-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1604.091491.

Abstract

To determine susceptibility of chickens, turkeys, and mice to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus, we conducted contact exposure and inoculation experiments. We demonstrated that chickens were refractory to infection. However, oculo-oronasally inoculated turkeys and intranasally inoculated mice seroconverted without clinical signs of infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chickens / virology*
  • Disease Susceptibility / veterinary
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / pathogenicity*
  • Influenza in Birds / immunology
  • Influenza in Birds / virology*
  • Mice / virology
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / virology
  • Rodent Diseases / virology
  • Turkeys / virology*