Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance Across New Zealand and Its Subantarctic Islands Detects H1N9 in Migratory Shorebirds, but Not 2.3.4.4b HPAI H5N1

Stephanie J Waller; Janelle R Wierenga; Lia Heremia; Jessica A Darnley; Isa de Vries; Jeremy Dubrulle; Zoe Robinson; Allison K Miller; Chris N Niebuhr; David S Melville; Rob Schuckard; Phil F Battley; Michelle Wille; Ben Alai; Rosalind Cole; Jamie Cooper; Ursula Ellenberg; Graeme Elliott; James Faulkner; Johannes H Fischer; Jim Fyfe; Lance Hay; David Houston; Bianca C Keys; Jenny Long; Robin Long; Thomas Mattern; Hollie McGovern; Lou McNutt; Peter Moore; Odin Neil; Jake Osborne; Anne-Sophie Pagé; Kevin A Parker; Mike Perry; Brodie Philp; Julia Reid; Kalinka Rexer-Huber; James C Russell; Rachael Sagar; Thor T Ruru; Theo Thompson; Leith Thomson; Joris Tinnemans; Lydia Uddstrom; Te Arawhetu Waipoua; Kath Walker; Edin Whitehead; Chrissy Wickes; Melanie J Young; Kate McInnes; David Winter; Jemma L Geoghegan

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Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance Across New Zealand and Its Subantarctic Islands Detects H1N9 in Migratory Shorebirds, but Not 2.3.4.4b HPAI H5N1

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Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance Across New Zealand and Its Subantarctic Islands Detects H1N9 in Migratory Shorebirds, but Not 2.3.4.4b HPAI H5N1

Stephanie J Waller, Janelle R Wierenga, Lia Heremia, Jessica A Darnley, Isa de Vries, Jeremy Dubrulle, Zoe Robinson, Allison K Miller, Chris N Niebuhr, David S Melville, …

Influenza and other respiratory viruses, Vol.19(4), e70099

27/03/2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.70099

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2.3.4.4b HPAI

H1N9

H5N1

New Zealand

avian influenza virus

subantarctic islands

surveillance

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus subtype H5N1 has never been detected in New Zealand. The potential impact of this virus on New Zealand's wild birds would be catastrophic. To expand our knowledge of avian influenza viruses across New Zealand, we sampled wild aquatic birds from New Zealand, its outer islands and its subantarctic territories. Metatranscriptomic analysis of 700 individuals spanning 33 species revealed no detection of H5N1 during the annual 2023-2024 migration. A single detection of H1N9 in red knots (Calidris canutus) was noted. This study provides a baseline for expanding avian influenza virus monitoring in New Zealand.

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Record Identifier: 9926722278601891
Title: Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance Across New Zealand and Its Subantarctic Islands Detects H1N9 in Migratory Shorebirds, but Not 2.3.4.4b HPAI H5N1
Creators: Stephanie J Waller
Janelle R Wierenga
Lia Heremia
Jessica A Darnley
Isa de Vries
Jeremy Dubrulle
Zoe Robinson
Allison K Miller
Chris N Niebuhr
David S Melville
Rob Schuckard
Phil F Battley
Michelle Wille
Ben Alai
Rosalind Cole
Jamie Cooper
Ursula Ellenberg
Graeme Elliott
James Faulkner
Johannes H Fischer
Jim Fyfe
Lance Hay
David Houston
Bianca C Keys
Jenny Long
Robin Long
Thomas Mattern
Hollie McGovern
Lou McNutt
Peter Moore
Odin Neil
Jake Osborne
Anne-Sophie Pagé
Kevin A Parker
Mike Perry
Brodie Philp
Julia Reid
Kalinka Rexer-Huber
James C Russell
Rachael Sagar
Thor T Ruru
Theo Thompson
Leith Thomson
Joris Tinnemans
Lydia Uddstrom
Te Arawhetu Waipoua
Kath Walker
Edin Whitehead
Chrissy Wickes
Melanie J Young
Kate McInnes
David Winter
Jemma L Geoghegan
Publication Details: Influenza and other respiratory viruses, Vol.19(4), e70099
Academic Unit: Zoology; Marine Science; Microbiology and Immunology; Anatomy
Publisher: Wiley
Grants: Ecological barriers and drivers of virus emergence, RDF-UOO2002, Royal Society Te Apārangi (New Zealand, Wellington)
Grant note: TN/SWC/24/UoOJG / Te Niwha
Date published ; e-published: 27/03/2025
Copyright: Copyright © The Author(s) 2025. This work was first published in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses (Wiley). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided that the original work is properly attributed to the creator(s) and the source, a link to the Creative Commons license is provided, and any changes made are indicated.
Language: English
Resource Type ; Subtype: Journal article