Influenza A(H5N8) Virus Similar to Strain in Korea Causing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Germany

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Harder, Timm ; Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian ; Pohlmann, Anne ; Starick, Elke ; Höreth-Böntgen, Detlef ; Albrecht, Karin ; Pannwitz, Gunter ; Teifke, Jens ; Gunalan, Vithiagaran ; Lee, Raphael T.C. ; Sauter-Louis, Carola ; Homeier, Timo ; Staubach, Christoph ; Wolf, Carola ; Strebelow, Günter ; Höper, Dirk ; Grund, Christian ; Conraths, Franz J. ; Mettenleiter, Thomas C. ; Beer, Martin
• Description:
  Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) virus, like the recently described H5N8 strain from Korea, was detected in November 2014 in farmed turkeys and in a healthy common teal (Anas crecca) in northeastern Germany. Infected wild birds possibly introduced this virus.
• Subjects:
  Amino Acid Substitution Animals Animals, Wild Birds Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus Influenza A Virus Influenza In Birds Mutation Phylogeny Turkeys
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(5):860-863.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Germany
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:39fe998fa802078b62ccc30affc31bb30dc9c9103671cd8ce010e1d5c7270b57
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30910/cdc_30910_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.33 MB ]