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. 2018 Oct 15;16(10):e05431. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5431

Table B.1.

Overview LPAIV tissue distribution in poultry from studies published from January 2005 to mid‐July 2018

LPAIV HxNx (isolate name) Inoculation Test DPI Organ (positive/total animals tested) Reference
Species (age) Route Dose Lung Trachea Turbinates Air sacs Muscle Brain Intestine Blood Heart Liver Kidney {Spleen Pancreas Bone Oviduct Bursa of Fabricius
H5N1 (A/Mallard/Italy/3401/05) Chicken (1 month) IN and IT 2 x 105 EID50 RNA detection 2 2/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 Post et al. (2013)
4 2/6 0/6 0/5 2/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 0/6
H7N1 (A/chicken/Italy/1067/99) Chicken (1 month) IN and IT 2 x 105 EID50 RNA detection 2 6/6 0/6 1/6 3/6 0/6 1/6 3/6 6/6
4 6/6 1/6 4/6 2/6 3/6 1/6 6/6 6/6
H7N7 (A/Chicken/Netherlands/06022003/06) Chicken (1 month) IN and IT 2 x 105 EID50 Virus isolation 4 4/6 0/6 3/6 ND 2/6 4/6 1/6 5/6
RNA detection 2 5/6 1/6 5/6 1/6 3/6 1/6 2/6 5/6
4 5/6 0/6 4/6 3/6 2/6 5/6 1/6 6/6
H5N2 (A/Chicken/Pennsylvania/21525/83) Chicken (1 month) IN and IT 2 x 105 EID50 RNA detection 2 4/5 3/5 3/5 4/5 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5
4 5/5 5/5 2/5 5/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 5/5
H9N2 (A/Chicken/Saudi Arabia/SP0525/3AAV/2000) Chicken (1 month) IN and IT 2 x 105  EID50 RNA detection 2 4/5 4/5 2/5 3/5 0/5 1/5 0/5 5/5
4 4/5 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 4/5 3/5 4/5
H5N2 (Ck/Ibaraki/1/05) Chicken (4 weeks) IV 1 x 105.7 EID50 Virus isolation 3 0/3 1/3 0/3 0/3 1/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 Okamatsu et al. (2007)
5 1/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 2/3 1/3 0/3 0/3
7 2/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 1/3 1/3 0/3 1/3
H7N2 (A/Turkey/Virginia/158512/2002) Chicken (3–4 weeks) IN 1 x 106 EID50 Virus isolation 1 0/5 0/5 0/5a 0/5b 0/5 Swayne and Beck (2005)
3 3/5 3/5 0/5a 0/5b 0/5
5 3/5 3/5 0/5a 0/5b 0/5
7 1/5 1/5 0/5a 0/5b 0/5
10 0/5 0/5 0/5a 0/5b 0/5
H7N2 (A/Chicken/New York/21586‐8/99) Chicken (3–4 weeks) IN 1 x 106 EID50 Virus isolation 1 0/5 0/5 0/5a 0/5b 0/5
3 2/5 2/5 0/5a 0/5b 0/5
5 3/5 3/5 0/5a 0/5b 0/5
7 1/5 0/5 0/5a 0/5b 0/5
10 0/5 0/5 0/5a 0/5b 0/5
H7N9 (A/Anhui/1/13) Chicken (3 weeks) OcN 1 x 108  EID50 RNA detection 4 0/2 0/2 2/2 0/2 2/2 Slomka et al. (2018)
R1 (chicken) 0 RNA detection 7 0/2 0/2 1/2 0/2 1/2 0/2
R2 (turkey) 0 RNA detection 15 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/2
Turkey (3 weeks) OcN 1 x 108 EID50 RNA detection 4 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 0/2 ND 2/2
R1 (turkey) 0 RNA detection 7 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 ND 2/2
R2 (turkey) 0 RNA detection 5–9 3/3 3/3 3/3 3/3 2/2 3/3 3/3 3/3
R2 (turkey) 0 RNA detection 15 1/1 0/1 1/1 1/1 3/3 1/1 0/1 1/1
Turkey (3 weeks) OcN 1 x 106EID50 RNA detection 4 2/2 1/2 0/2 1/2 1/1 0/2
R2 (turkey) 0 RNA detection 5–8 1/3 3/3 3/3 3/3 0/2 3/3 3/3 3/3
Turkey (3 weeks) R2 (turkey) 0 RNA detection 15 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 2/3 1/1 0/1 0/1
H7N9 (A/chicken/Guangdong/110/2013) Chicken (6 weeks) IN 1 x 108 EID50 Virus isolation 3 Yes Yes Yes 0/1 No No No No No Jiao et al. (2018)
5 Yes Yes Yes no Yes Yes Yes No Yes
H7N9 (A/chicken/Guangdong/134/2013) Chicken (6 weeks) IN 1 x 108 EID50 Virus isolation 3 Yes Yes Yes no No No No No No
5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
H9N2 (A/chicken/Egypt/S4456B/2011) Chicken (4 weeks) IN, IT, C 0.5 x 106 EID50 Virus isolation 2 0/3 Yes 0/3 0/3 Moatasim et al. (2017)
RNA detection 2 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3
H9N2 (A7duck/Japan/AQ‐HE5/2015) Chicken (4 weeks) IN 1 x 106 EID50 Virus isolation 4 0/4 4/4 0/4 0/4 0/4 0/4 Shibata et al. (2018a)
Ducks (6 weeks) IN 1 x 106 EID50 Virus isolation 4 0/4 0/4 0/4 0/4 0/4 0/4
H7N9 A/Anhui/1/2013‐derived strain 10E4 Chicken (4 weeks) IN 1 x 106 EID50 Virus isolation 2 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/6 0/3 Uchida et al. (2017)
4 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/6 0/3
6 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 1/6 0/3
Quail (4 weeks) IN 1 x 106 EID50 Virus isolation 2 0/3 1/3 0/3 1/3 0/6 0/3 0/3
4 2/3 1/3 1/3 2/3 1/6 2/3 2/3
6 0/3 1/3 0/3 0/3 0/6 1/3 0/3
Pigeon (2 years) IN 1 x 106 EID50 Virus isolation 2 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/6 0/3 0/3
4 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/6 0/3 0/3
6 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/6 0/3 0/3
H9N2 (A/chicken/aq‐Y‐55/01) Chicken (4 weeks) IN 1 x 107 EID50 Virus isolation 3 4/4 4/4 2/4 0/4 0/2 1/2 2/2 2/4 Kishida et al. (2004)
H9N2 (A/chicken/aq‐Y‐135/01) Chicken (4 weeks) IN 1 x 107 EID50 Virus isolation 3 1/4 3/4 1/4 1/4 0/2 0/2 0/2 1/4
H9N2 (A/chicken/Beijing/2/97) Chicken (4 weeks) IN 1 x 107 EID50 Virus isolation 3 1/4 2/4 0/4 1/4 1/4 0/4 2/4 3/4
H9N2 (A/duck/Hokkaido/9/99) Chicken (4 weeks) IN 1 x 107 EID50 Virus isolation 3 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/2
H10N1 (A/mallard/Italy/4518/2007) Chicken (3 weeks) IN 1 x 106 EID50 RNA detection 4 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 Bonfante et al. (2014)
Chicken (6 weeks) IN 1 x 106 EID50 RNA detection 4 1/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 1/1 1/1
5 3/3 2/3 2/3 3/3 3/3 3/3
6 2/2 1/1 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2
12 1/1 1/1 0/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
H7N1 (A/turkey/Italy/3675/1999) Turkey (50 days) OrN 1 x 106 EID50 Virus isolation 1 0/3 0/6a 0/15 Toffan et al. (2008)
2 2/3 0/6a 1/12
3 3/3 0/6a 0/9
4 0/3 0/6a 0/6
5 0/3 0/6a 0/3
RNA detection 1 0/3 0/6a 0/15
2 3/3 5/6a 2/12
3 3/3 4/6a 0/9
4 0/3 0/6a 0/6
5 0/3 0/6a 0/3
H9N2 A/chicken/Iran/772/1998(H9N2) Chicken (35 days) IN 1 x 106.5 EID50 Virus isolation 1 0/5 0/5 0/5 0/5 0/5 0/5 Mosleh et al. (2009)
2 0/1 0/1 1/1 0/1 0/1
3 1/5 2/5 0/5 2/5 1/5 0/5
6 4/5 2/6 0/5 3/6 3/6 0/6
9 0/5 0/5 0/5 5/5 0/5 0/5
H7N1 A/chicken/Italy/1067/99 Chicken (3 weeks) IN, IT 1 x 106 EID50 RNA detection 1 6/6 5/6 3/6 3/6 Post et al. (2012)
2 6/6 4/6 2/6 4/6
4 6/6 5/6 4/6 6/6
7 4/6 1/6 1/6 0/6
H7N9 A/duck/Japan/A‐Q‐HE28‐3/2016 Chicken (4 weeks) IN 1 x 106 EID50 Virus isolation 3 3/4 4/4 1/4 0/4 3/4 1/4 Shibata et al. (2018b)
Duck (4 weeks) IN 1 x 106 EID50 Virus isolation 3 2/4 1/4 0/4 0/4 0/4 0/4
H7N8 A/turkey/Indiana/16‐001571‐6/2016 Chicken (3 weeks) IC 1 x 106 EID50 RNA detection 2 0/2 0/2 0/2 0/2 1/2 Pantin‐Jackwood et al. (2017)
Turkey (3 weeks) IC 1 x 106 EID50 RNA detection 2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2
Duck (2 weeks) IC 1 x 106 EID50 RNA detection 3 0/3 1/3 1/3 0/3 0/3
H3N2 A/turkey/Ohio/313053/04 Turkey (26 weeks) IC 1 x 10513 TCID50 RNA detection 3 2/3 Pillai et al. (2010)
5 3/3
7 3/3
9 3/3
H9N2 A/chicken/Shaanxi/01/2011 Chicken (30 weeks) IN, IO 1 x 106 EID50 RNA detection 1 Yes Qi et al. (2016)
2 Yes
3 Yes
5 Yes
7 Yes

DPI: days post‐inoculation; EID: embryo infectious dose; TCID50: median tissue culture infectious dose; IN: intranasal; IT: intratracheal; IV: intravenous; C: conjunctival; OcN: ocular/nasal; R1: first contact co‐housed with directly inoculated birds; R2: second contact co‐housed with R1 birds; OrN: oronasal; IC: intrachoanal; IO: intraocular; Yes: positive result; No: negative result; –: not determined.

‘Intestine’ contains results reported as intestine, duodenum, ileum, colon or rectum.

a

Results from breast and thigh muscle.

b

Results from plasma, white blood cells and red blood cells.