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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021;27(6):1750-1753.
doi: 10.3201/eid2706.204464.
Incursion of Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, the Netherlands, October 2020
Nancy Beerens, Rene Heutink, Frank Harders, Marit Roose, Sylvia B E Pritz-Verschuren, Evelien A Germeraad, Marc Engelsma
Abstract
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus was detected in mute swans in the Netherlands during October 2020. The virus shares a common ancestor with clade 2.3.4.4b viruses detected in Egypt during 2018-2019 and has similar genetic composition. The virus is not directly related to H5N8 viruses from Europe detected in the first half of 2020.
Keywords: H5N8 subtype; HPAI; evolution; genome sequence; highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus; incursion; influenza; influenza virus; swans; the Netherlands; viruses; wild birds.
. 2021;27(6):1750-1753.
doi: 10.3201/eid2706.204464.
Incursion of Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, the Netherlands, October 2020
Nancy Beerens, Rene Heutink, Frank Harders, Marit Roose, Sylvia B E Pritz-Verschuren, Evelien A Germeraad, Marc Engelsma
- PMID: 34013854
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2706.204464
Abstract
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus was detected in mute swans in the Netherlands during October 2020. The virus shares a common ancestor with clade 2.3.4.4b viruses detected in Egypt during 2018-2019 and has similar genetic composition. The virus is not directly related to H5N8 viruses from Europe detected in the first half of 2020.
Keywords: H5N8 subtype; HPAI; evolution; genome sequence; highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus; incursion; influenza; influenza virus; swans; the Netherlands; viruses; wild birds.