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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2025

Multidisciplinary Tracking of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Outbreak in Griffon Vultures, Southern Europe, 2022.

Julien Hirschinger, Ursula Höfle, Alberto Sánchez-Cano, Claire Guinat, Guillaume Croville, Marta Barral, José Antonio Donázar, Chloé Le Gall Ladevèze, Mathilda Walch, Vega Alvarez and 15 more

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  1. Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026
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25 authors.

Julien Hirschinger
Ursula Höfle
Alberto Sánchez-Cano
Claire Guinat
Guillaume Croville
Marta Barral
José Antonio Donázar
Chloé Le Gall Ladevèze
Mathilda Walch
Vega Alvarez
Xeider Gerrikagoitia
Louis Du Plessis
Simon Dellicour
Eneko Arrondo
José Antonio Sánchez-Zapata
Ainara Cortés-Avizanda
Sara Minayo Martín
Jérémy Tornos
Samuel Perret
Thierry Boulinier
Pascal Orabi
Anne Van De Wiele
Jean-Luc Guerin
Olivier Duriez
Guillaume Le Loc'h

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since 2021, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b virus has affected wild bird populations globally. Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus), a species hitherto considered unexposed, experienced an HPAI H5N1 outbreak in 2022 in southern Europe, leading to moderate mortality and reduced breeding success. The integration of virological, serologic, phylogenetic, and ecologic data revealed a short yet intense viral circulation and a probable common source of infection. The dissemination across Spain and France was likely caused by frequent interpopulation movements of birds. This integrated overview of the 2022 HPAI outbreak in vultures provides novel insights into the role of large-scale movements of wild birds in the spread of such disease. Understanding the epidemiologic dynamics of HPAI H5N1 in these scavenger species is crucial because the birds play vital roles in ecosystem functioning. Their susceptibility to this virus highlights potential broader ecologic effects of the ongoing outbreaks.

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Disease OutbreaksFalconiformesInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeInfluenza in BirdsAnimalsAnimals, WildEuropePhylogenyclade 2.3.4.4becologyFranceGriffon vulturesGyps fulvusH5N1highly pathogenic avian influenza Aphylogenyrespiratory infectionsserologysouthern EuropeSpainvirologyviruseszoonoses

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PMCPMC12309751

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