Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2018)

Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus in the Netherlands, December 2017

  • Nancy Beerens,
  • Guus Koch,
  • Rene Heutink,
  • Frank Harders,
  • D.P. Edwin Vries,
  • Cynthia Ho,
  • Alex Bossers,
  • Armin Elbers

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.172124
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 4
pp. 770 – 773

Abstract

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A novel highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus affecting wild birds and commercial poultry was detected in the Netherlands in December 2017. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the virus is a reassortant of H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4 viruses and not related to the Asian H5N6 viruses that caused human infections.

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