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ArticleEmerging microbes & infections2025

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in Finland in 2021-2023 - Genetic diversity of the viruses and infection kinetics in human dendritic cells.

Eda Altan, Veera Avelin, Kirsi Aaltonen, Essi Korhonen, Larissa Laine, Erika Lindh, Ilkka Julkunen, Niina Tammiranta, Tiina Nokireki, Tuija Gadd and 3 more

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13 authors.

Eda AltanMicrobiology Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Veera AvelinMicrobiology Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Kirsi AaltonenDepartment of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Essi KorhonenDepartment of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-4730-7715
Larissa LaineMicrobiology Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Erika LindhMicrobiology Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Ilkka JulkunenInstitute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Niina TammirantaVeterinary Virology, Finnish Food Authority, Helsinki, Finland.
Tiina NokirekiVeterinary Virology, Finnish Food Authority, Helsinki, Finland.
Tuija GaddVeterinary Virology, Finnish Food Authority, Helsinki, Finland.
Laura KakkolaInstitute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Tarja SironenDepartment of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Pamela ÖsterlundMicrobiology Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2229-6661

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 is known for its virulence and zoonotic potential, infecting birds and mammals, thus raising public health concerns. Since 2021 its spread among birds has led to cross-species transmission causing epizootics among mammals, eventually impacting fur animal farms in Finland in 2023. To analyze the infectivity of the Finnish H5N1 isolates in human cells, representatives of diverse H5N1 isolates were selected based on the genetic differences, host animal species, and the year of occurrence. The infection kinetics of the selected H5N1 isolates from wild pheasant and fox, and fur animals blue fox and white mink were examined in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs) with H5N1 human isolate as a control. Although the isolate from pheasant (a wild bird) showed weakly reduced replication and viral protein expression in human cells compared to mammalian isolates, no discernible differences in virus replication in moDCs was observed. This study revealed similar infectivity in human moDCs for all five H5N1 isolates, regardless of the observed genetic differences. While H5N1 human infections remain rare, the virus poses a risk for widespread epizootics in mammals such as fur animal farms and, more recently, dairy cattle.

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Dendritic CellsGenetic VariationInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza in BirdsAnimalsBirdsFinlandFoxesGalliformesHumansMinkVirus ReplicationFinlandgenetic variationH5N1highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)human cellsimmune cellsinfectivityviral kinetic

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PMID39745171
PMCPMC11727053

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