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  • Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Gray Seals, Baltic Sea


    Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Dec;25(12):2295-2298. doi: 10.3201/eid2512.181472. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Gray Seals, Baltic Sea.

    Shin DL, Siebert U, Lakemeyer J, Grilo M, Pawliczka I, Wu NH, Valentin-Weigand P, Haas L, Herrler G.
    Abstract

    We detected a highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus in lung samples of 2 gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) stranded on the Baltic coast of Poland in 2016 and 2017. This virus, clade 2.3.4.4 B, was closely related to avian H5N8 viruses circulating in Europe at the time.


    KEYWORDS:

    Baltic Sea; H5N8 influenza virus; Poland; highly pathogenic avian influenza; influenza; marine mammals; respiratory infections; seal; viruses; zoonoses

    PMID: 31742519 DOI: 10.3201/eid2512.181472
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