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Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jul;24(7):1367-1370. doi: 10.3201/eid2407.172120.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Cameroon, 2017.
Wade A, Jumbo SD, Zecchin B, Fusaro A, Taiga T, Bianco A, Rodrigue PN, Salomoni A, Kameni JMF, Zamperin G, Nenkam R, Foupouapouognigni Y, Abdoulkadiri S, Aboubakar Y, Wiersma L, Cattoli G, Monne I.
Abstract
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4 spread into West Africa in late 2016 during the autumn bird migration. Genetic characterization of the complete genome of these viruses detected in wild and domestic birds in Cameroon in January 2017 demonstrated the occurrence of multiple virus introductions.
KEYWORDS:
Cameroon; H5N8; clade 2.3.4.4; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; influenza; viruses
PMID: 29912710 DOI: 10.3201/eid2407.172120
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Cameroon, 2017.
Wade A, Jumbo SD, Zecchin B, Fusaro A, Taiga T, Bianco A, Rodrigue PN, Salomoni A, Kameni JMF, Zamperin G, Nenkam R, Foupouapouognigni Y, Abdoulkadiri S, Aboubakar Y, Wiersma L, Cattoli G, Monne I.
Abstract
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4 spread into West Africa in late 2016 during the autumn bird migration. Genetic characterization of the complete genome of these viruses detected in wild and domestic birds in Cameroon in January 2017 demonstrated the occurrence of multiple virus introductions.
KEYWORDS:
Cameroon; H5N8; clade 2.3.4.4; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; influenza; viruses
PMID: 29912710 DOI: 10.3201/eid2407.172120