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Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Apr 15;23(4). doi: 10.3201/eid2304.161866. [Epub ahead of print]
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Wild Migratory Birds, Qinghai Lake, China.
Li M, Liu H, Bi Y, Sun J, Wong G, Liu D, Li L, Liu J, Chen Q, Wang H, He Y, Shi W, Gao GF, Chen J.
Abstract
In May 2016, a highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus strain caused deaths among 3 species of wild migratory birds in Qinghai Lake, China. Genetic analysis showed that the novel reassortant virus belongs to group B H5N8 viruses and that the reassortment events likely occurred in early 2016.
KEYWORDS:
China; H5N8; HPAI; Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; Qinghai Lake; bird diseases; influenza; influenza in birds; phylogenetic analysis; reassortment; viruses; wild aquatic birds; wild migratory birds
PMID: 28169827 DOI: 10.3201/eid2304.161866
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Wild Migratory Birds, Qinghai Lake, China.
Li M, Liu H, Bi Y, Sun J, Wong G, Liu D, Li L, Liu J, Chen Q, Wang H, He Y, Shi W, Gao GF, Chen J.
Abstract
In May 2016, a highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus strain caused deaths among 3 species of wild migratory birds in Qinghai Lake, China. Genetic analysis showed that the novel reassortant virus belongs to group B H5N8 viruses and that the reassortment events likely occurred in early 2016.
KEYWORDS:
China; H5N8; HPAI; Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; Qinghai Lake; bird diseases; influenza; influenza in birds; phylogenetic analysis; reassortment; viruses; wild aquatic birds; wild migratory birds
PMID: 28169827 DOI: 10.3201/eid2304.161866
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free full text