Novel Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N8) Virus in Zoos, India

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Nagarajan, Shanmugasundaram ; Kumar, Manoj ; Murugkar, Harshad V. ; Tripathi, Sushil ; Shukla, Shweta ; Agarwal, Sonam ; Dubey, Garima ; Nagi, Raunaq Singh ; Singh, Vijendra Pal ; Tosh, Chakradhar
• Description:
  Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) viruses were detected in waterfowl at 2 zoos in India in October 2016. Both viruses were different 7:1 reassortants of H5N8 viruses isolated in May 2016 from wild birds in the Russian Federation and China, suggesting virus spread during southward winter migration of birds.
• Subjects:
  Animals Animals, Zoo Birds Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype Influenza In Birds Phylogeny Reassortant Viruses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(4):717-719.
• Pubmed ID:
  28117031
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5367432
• Document Type:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  India
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ac25bf2683d452ca3eab54d875838b789b13f4cd96ebf38a7938237b5e596ad8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/45047/cdc_45047_DS1.pdf
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