Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2017)

Novel Reassortant Clade 2.3.4.4 Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Wild Aquatic Birds, Russia, 2016

  • Dong-Hun Lee,
  • Kirill Sharshov,
  • David E. Swayne,
  • Olga Kurskaya,
  • Ivan Sobolev,
  • Marsel Kabilov,
  • Alexander Alekseev,
  • Victor Irza,
  • Alexander Shestopalov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2302.161252
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 2
pp. 359 – 360

Abstract

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The emergence of novel avian influenza viruses in migratory birds is of concern because of the potential for virus dissemination during fall migration. We report the identification of novel highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of subtype H5N8, clade 2.3.4.4, and their reassortment with other avian influenza viruses in waterfowl and shorebirds of Siberia.

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