Genotype Uniformity, Wild Bird-to-Poultry Transmissions, and Farm-to-Farm Carryover during the Spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 in the Czech Republic in 2021
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample ID # | Collection Date | Subtype | Category | District | Locality | Bird Species/No. | Genomic Sequences * |
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1410/21 | 1/21/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Písek | Zlivice | Mute swan 2× | 2 |
1566/21 | 1/22/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Tábor | Dlouhá Lhota u Tábora | Chicken 32× | 2 |
1655/21 | 1/23/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Písek | Hradiště u Písku | Mute swan 1× | n.a. |
1656/21 | 1/25/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | České Budějovice | Haklovy Dvory | Mute swan 1× | 1 |
Wild duck 5× | n.a. | ||||||
2395/21 | 2/2/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Benešov | Jankov | Chicken 53× | 1 |
2502/21 | 2/3/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Chrudim | Ronov n. Doubravou | Chicken 61× | 2 |
2600/21 | 2/4/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Strakonice | Strakonice | Mute swan 1× | 1 |
2669/21 | 2/5/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Tábor | Soběslav | Mute swan 2× | 2 |
2939/21 | 2/10/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Strakonice | Katovice | Chicken 57× | 1 |
3099/21 | 2/12/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Plzeň—jih | Bzí | Chicken 21× | 2 |
3160/21 | 2/16/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Liberec | Příšovice | Mute swan 5× | 1 |
Common coot 2× | 1 | ||||||
3531/21 | 2/19/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Pelhřimov | Horní Cerekev | Chicken Geese 443× # | 1 |
3549/21 | 2/22/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Nymburk | Nymburk | Mute swan 1× | 1 |
3893/21 | 2/25/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Strakonice | Rojice | Chicken 17× | 1 |
3777/21 | 2/26/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Praha—východ | Květnice | Mute swan 1× | 1 |
4092/21 | 2/27/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Plzeň—sever | Hněvnice | Chicken 51× | 2 |
4098/21 | 3/3/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Zlín | Zlín | Wild duck 2× | n.a. |
4099/21 & | 3/3/2021 | H5N5 | Wild | Kroměříž | Kvasice | Mute swan 1× | 1 |
4100/21 | 3/3/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Jeseník | Javoní-Ves | Mute swan 1× | 1 |
4125/21 | 3/3/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Praha—město | Smíchov | Mute swan 3× | n.a. |
4193/21 | 3/4/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Louny | Žatec | Mute swan 1× | n.a. |
4270/21 | 3/4/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Mladá Boleslav | Kněžmost | Mute swan 1× | 1 |
4271/21 | 3/4/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Mladá Boleslav | Kněžmost | Mute swan 5× | n.a. |
4526/21 | 3/6/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Opava | Velké Hoštice | Chicken 103× | 1 |
4527/21 | 3/6/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Mladá Boleslav | Březno u Mladé Boleslavi | Chicken 22× | 1 |
4606/21 | 3/10/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Uherské Hradiště | Chylice | Mute swan 1× | 1 |
4607/21 | 3/10/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Olomouc | Chomoutov | Mute swan 2× | 2 |
4608/21 | 3/10/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Olomouc | Hynkov | Mute swan 1× | n.a. |
4756/21 | 3/10/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Příbram | Březnice | Chicken 35× | 1 |
4799/21 | 3/12/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Opava | Kateřinky u Opavy | Mute swan 1× | 1 |
4980/21 | 3/13/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Uherské Hradiště | Osvětimany | Chicken 406× | 1 |
5363/21 | 3/13/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Plzeň—mesto | Plzeň | Greylag goose 1× Mute swan 10× | 1 n.a. |
5146/21 | 3/17/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Strakonice | Blatná | Chicken 40× | n.a. |
5360/21 | 3/18/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial breeding ducks | Hradec Králové | Dobřenice | Pekin duck 26,264× | 2 |
5361/21 | 3/18/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial breeding ducks | Hradec Králové | Chlumec n. Cidlinou | Pekin duck 14,479× | 1 |
5448/21 | 3/19/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial breeding ducks | Nymburk | Vinice u Městce Králové | Pekin duck 2970× | 1 |
5466/21 | 3/19/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial breeding ducks | Pardubice | Vápno u Přelouče | Pekin duck 3346 | 1 |
5467/21 | 3/19/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial breeding ducks | Hradec Králové | Chudonice | Pekin duck 6550 | 1 |
5867/21 | 3/25/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Praha—východ | Čelákovice | Chicken 40× | n.a. |
5903/21 | 3/25/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Jičín | Vysoké Veselí | Chicken 3× | 1 |
5904/21 | 3/25/2021 | H5N8 | Hobby/exotic | Plzeň-město | Plzeň | Australian bushturkey | 1 |
5791/21 | 3/26/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial breeding ducks | Hradec Králové | Kosičky | Pekin duck 1832× | n.a. |
5792/21 | 3/26/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial breeding ducks | Hradec Králové | Luková n. Cidlinou | Pekin duck 3347 | 2 |
6017/21 | 3/26/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial breeding ducks | Nymburk | Slibovice | Pekin duck 7086 | 1 |
6039/21 | 3/29/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial breeding ducks | Nymburk | Záhornice u Městce Králové | Pekin duck 7537 | n.a. |
6151/21 | 3/29/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial chickens | Hradec Králové | Kosičky | Chicken 173,394 | 2 |
6527/21 | 4/1/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Hradec Králové | Dobřenice | Chicken 34× | 1 |
6532/21 | 4/1/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Bruntál | Loučky u Zátoru | Chicken 15× | 2 |
6529/21 | 4/3/2021 | H5N8 | Hobby/exotic | Teplice | Razice | Peacock | 1 |
Ostrich, all 43× | n.a. | ||||||
6542/21 | 4/6/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Praha—západ | Třebotov | Chicken 14× | 2 |
6654/21 | 4/6/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Tachov | Vysočany u Boru | Chicken 16× | 1 |
6653/21 | 4/7/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial ducks | Hradec Králové | Starý Bydžov | Pekin duck 9385× | 4 |
6684/21 | 4/7/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Most | Polerady | Chicken 5× | 1 |
6987/21 | 4/9/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Beroun | Hodyně u Skuhrova | Chicken Duck 81× # | n.a. |
7100/21 | 4/12/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Strakonice | Vodňany | Chicken 9× | 1 |
7681/21 | 4/18/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial breeding ducks | Hradec Králové | Klamoš | Pekin duck 5600 | 5 |
7682/21 | 4/18/2021 | H5N8 | Commercial breeding ducks | Hradec Králové | Nové Město n. Cidlinou | Pekin duck 7779 | 3 |
7769/21 | 4/20/2021 | H5N8 | Wild | Strakonice | Vodňany | White stork 1× | n.a. |
10251/21 | 5/17/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Mělník | Chorušice | Chicken | 2 |
10405/21 | 5/18/2021 | H5N8 | Backyard poultry | Mladá Boleslav | Čejetice u Mladé Boleslavi | Chicken | 1 |
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Nagy, A.; Černíková, L.; Stará, M.; Hofmannová, L.; Sedlák, K. Genotype Uniformity, Wild Bird-to-Poultry Transmissions, and Farm-to-Farm Carryover during the Spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 in the Czech Republic in 2021. Viruses 2022, 14, 1411. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14071411
Nagy A, Černíková L, Stará M, Hofmannová L, Sedlák K. Genotype Uniformity, Wild Bird-to-Poultry Transmissions, and Farm-to-Farm Carryover during the Spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 in the Czech Republic in 2021. Viruses. 2022; 14(7):1411. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14071411
Chicago/Turabian StyleNagy, Alexander, Lenka Černíková, Martina Stará, Lada Hofmannová, and Kamil Sedlák. 2022. "Genotype Uniformity, Wild Bird-to-Poultry Transmissions, and Farm-to-Farm Carryover during the Spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 in the Czech Republic in 2021" Viruses 14, no. 7: 1411. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14071411
APA StyleNagy, A., Černíková, L., Stará, M., Hofmannová, L., & Sedlák, K. (2022). Genotype Uniformity, Wild Bird-to-Poultry Transmissions, and Farm-to-Farm Carryover during the Spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 in the Czech Republic in 2021. Viruses, 14(7), 1411. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14071411