Intercontinental Spread of Eurasian Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) to Senegal - Volume 28, Number 1—January 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal

Researchers report that H5N1 avian influenza from Eurasia spread intercontinentally to Senegal, where it was detected on a laying hen farm in Thies with 102,000 birds and a 58% mortality rate in December 2020. Infected great white pelicans were also found at the Djoudj sanctuary.