Emerging highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) virus in migratory birds in Central China, 2020

Jiasong Xiong; Hao Zhou; Lifang Fan; Gongliang Zhu; Yong Li; Guang Chen; Jun Zhang; Jundong Li; Hesong Zheng; Wei Feng; Jing Chen; Guoxiang Yang; Quanjiao Chen

doi:10.1080/22221751.2021.1956372

Emerging Microbes and Infections (Jan 2021)

Emerging highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) virus in migratory birds in Central China, 2020

Jiasong Xiong,
Hao Zhou,
Lifang Fan,
Gongliang Zhu,
Yong Li,
Guang Chen,
Jun Zhang,
Jundong Li,
Hesong Zheng,
Wei Feng,
Jing Chen,
Guoxiang Yang,
Quanjiao Chen

Affiliations

Jiasong Xiong: CAS Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, CAS Center for Influenza Research and Early Warning, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
Hao Zhou: CAS Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, CAS Center for Influenza Research and Early Warning, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
Lifang Fan: Department of pathology, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
Gongliang Zhu: The Monitoring Center of Wildlife Diseases and Resource of Hubei Province, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
Yong Li: The Monitoring Center of Wildlife Diseases and Resource of Hubei Province, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
Guang Chen: The Monitoring Center of Wildlife Diseases and Resource of Hubei Province, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
Jun Zhang: The Monitoring Center of Wildlife Diseases and Resource of Hubei Province, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
Jundong Li: Longgan Lake National Nature Reserve Administration, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
Hesong Zheng: Wang Lake Wetland Nature Reserve Administration of Huangshi City, Huangshi, People’s Republic of China
Wei Feng: The Monitoring Center of Wildlife Diseases and Resource of Hubei Province, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
Jing Chen: The Monitoring Center of Wildlife Diseases and Resource of Hubei Province, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
Guoxiang Yang: The Monitoring Center of Wildlife Diseases and Resource of Hubei Province, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
Quanjiao Chen: CAS Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, CAS Center for Influenza Research and Early Warning, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2021.1956372
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1503 – 1506

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Eleven highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 viruses (clade 2.3.4.4b) were detected in migratory birds in Central China between November and December 2020, which were highly homologous to strains isolated in Europe from October to December 2020. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the strains in the study possibly spread from Siberia by migratory birds. In this study, we found H5N8 virus infection in migratory birds could cause severe pathological damage and high viral load in multiple organs.

Published in Emerging Microbes and Infections

ISSN: 2222-1751 (Online)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/temi

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