Incursion of Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, the Netherlands, October 2020

Beerens, Nancy; Heutink, Rene; Harders, Frank; Roose, Marit; Pritz-Verschuren, Sylvia B.E.; Germeraad, Evelien A.; Engelsma, Marc

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Incursion of Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, the Netherlands, October 2020

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2021
By Beerens, Nancy ; Heutink, Rene ; Harders, Frank ; ...

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English

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Beerens, Nancy ; Heutink, Rene ; Harders, Frank ; Roose, Marit ; Pritz-Verschuren, Sylvia B.E. ; Germeraad, Evelien A. ; Engelsma, Marc
Description:

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus was detected in mute swans in the Netherlands during October 2020. The virus shares a common ancestor with clade 2.3.4.4b viruses detected in Egypt during 2018-2019 and has similar genetic composition. The virus is not directly related to H5N8 viruses from Europe detected in the first half of 2020.
Subjects:

Animals Animals, Wild Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype Influenza In Birds Phylogeny
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 27(6):1750-1753
Pubmed ID:

34013854
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC8153856
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Letter
Place as Subject:

Egypt ; Europe ; Netherlands
Volume:

27
Issue:

6
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:de87067ac2fff1a8125129fc70892c91401f3d6e76f2af60ff13ef69c2b609ab
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/106893/cdc_106893_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 1.31 MB ]

File Language:

English

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