Investigating a crow die-off in January–February 2011 during the introduction of a new clade of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 into Bangladesh

Salah Uddin Khan^{a b c}✉, LaShondra Berman^{d e}, Najmul Haider^{b f}, Nancy A. Gerloff^{d e}, Md Z. Rahman^{b f}, Bo Shu^{d e}, Mustafizur Rahman^{b f}, Tapan Kumar Dey^{g h}, Todd C. Davis^{d e}, Bidhan Chandra Das^{i j}, Amanda L. Balish^{d e}, Ausraful Islam^{b f}, Jens Peter Teifke^{k l}, N. S. Zeidner^{b d e f}, Steven Lindstrom^{d e}, Alexander I Klimov^{d e}, Rubén O. Donis^{d e}, Stephen P. Luby^{b d e f}, H. L. Shivaprasad^{m n}, Andrea B. Mikolon^{b d e f}

1. ^aCCD, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B), Dhaka, Bangladesh, sukhanbd@gmail.com
2. ^bCCD, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B)
3. ^cUniversity of Florida
4. ^dCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
5. ^eCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC)
6. ^fCCD, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B), Dhaka, Bangladesh
7. ^gForest Department, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Dhaka, Bangladesh
8. ^hForest Department, Ministry of Environment and Forest
9. ⁱDepartment of Livestock Services, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Dhaka, Bangladesh
10. ^jMinistry of Fisheries and Livestock
11. ^kFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany