Abstract
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Skunks, Canada
Highlights
Primary viral interstitial pneumonia is frequently complicated by opportunistic bacterial bronchopneumonia and influenza virus A infection has been shown to predispose to pulmonary bacterial toxicity (3)
Aleutian disease virus (ADV) does not cause pneumonia (4), co-infection with ADV and influenza A virus is associated with higher mortality rates in minks with respiratory disease (5)
ADV co-infection may have contributed to the severity of the pneumonia and the death of the skunks
Summary
7. Drosten C, Gottig S, Schilling S, Asper M, Panning M, Schmitz H, et al Rapid detection and quantification of RNA of Ebola and Marburg viruses, Lassa virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Rift Valley fever virus, dengue virus, and yellow fever virus by real-time reverse transcription–PCR. Evaluation of the polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of Lassa virus infection. Many of these animals were cared for by persons who experienced influenza-like illness and the owner of 1 cat who died had confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 respiratory disease before the cat became ill, which suggests probable human-to animal-transmission of the virus (2).
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