Sub-Saharan Africa and Eurasia Ancestry of Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Europe, December 2019

Świętoń, Edyta; Fusaro, Alice; Shittu, Ismaila; Niemczuk, Krzysztof; Zecchin, Bianca; Joannis, Tony; Bonfante, Francesco; Śmietanka, Krzysztof; Terregino, Calogero

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Sub-Saharan Africa and Eurasia Ancestry of Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Europe, December 2019

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2020
By Świętoń, Edyta ; Fusaro, Alice ; Shittu, Ismaila ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Świętoń, Edyta ; Fusaro, Alice ; Shittu, Ismaila ; Niemczuk, Krzysztof ; Zecchin, Bianca ; Joannis, Tony ; Bonfante, Francesco ; Śmietanka, Krzysztof ; Terregino, Calogero
Description:

We report detection of a highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) clade 2.3.4.4b virus in Europe. This virus was generated by reassortment between H5N8 subtype virus from sub-Saharan Africa and low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses from Eurasia.
Subjects:

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

Emerg Infect Dis. 26(7):1557-1561
Pubmed ID:

32568059
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC7323556
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Africa South of the Sahara ; Europe
Volume:

26
Issue:

7
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:c6b99a291a474f12b99d5529825e6bfec4586a4e6e21aaac5f1cbee4301d1e61
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