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

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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Timm Harder, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Anne Pohlmann, Elke Starick, Detlef Höreth-Böntgen, Karin Albrecht, Gunter Pannwitz, Jens P. Teifke, Vithiagaran Gunalan, Raphael T.C. Lee, Carola Sauter-Louis, Timo Homeier, Christoph Staubach, Carola Wolf, Günter Strebelow, Dirk Höper, Christian Grund, Franz J. Conraths, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Martin Beer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
influenza A virus
H5N8 subtype
highly pathogenic
poultry
wild birds
zoonoses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/5/14-1897_article

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