Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23735535›Full record

ReviewVirus research2013

Natural history of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1.

Stephanie Sonnberg, Richard J Webby, Robert G Webster

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Review in Virus research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
92citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026
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  14. The emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in dairy cattle: implications for public health, animal health, and pandemic preparedness.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  18. Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in People who Have Contact With Birds.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2025
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32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephanie SonnbergDepartment of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Drive MS 330, Memphis, TN 3810, USA. Electronic address: Stephanie.sonnberg@stjude.org.
Richard J Webby
Robert G Webster
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN266200700005CPHS HHS 266200700005C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ecology of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 has significantly changed from sporadic outbreaks in terrestrial poultry to persistent circulation in terrestrial and aquatic poultry and potentially in wild waterfowl. A novel genotype of HPAI H5N1 arose in 1996 in Southern China and through ongoing mutation, reassortment, and natural selection, has diverged into distinct lineages and expanded into multiple reservoir hosts. The evolution of Goose/Guangdong-lineage highly pathogenic H5N1 viruses is ongoing: while stable interactions exist with some reservoir hosts, these viruses are continuing to evolve and adapt to others, and pose an un-calculable risk to sporadic hosts, including humans.

Indexed as

AnimalsBirdsDisease OutbreaksHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeInfluenza in BirdsCladeLineageReservoirVirus evolutionWild bird

Identifiers

PMID23735535
PMCPMC3787969
OpenAlexW2094757978

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