Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2018)

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Cameroon, 2017

  • Abel Wade,
  • Simon Dickmu Jumbo,
  • Bianca Zecchin,
  • Alice Fusaro,
  • Taiga Taiga,
  • Alice Bianco,
  • Poueme N. Rodrigue,
  • Angela Salomoni,
  • Jean Marc Feussom Kameni,
  • Gianpiero Zamperin,
  • Robert Nenkam,
  • Yacouba Foupouapouognigni,
  • Souley Abdoulkadiri,
  • Yaya Aboubakar,
  • Lidewij Wiersma,
  • Giovanni Cattoli,
  • Isabella Monne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2407.172120
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 7
pp. 1367 – 1370

Abstract

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4 spread into West Africa in late 2016 during the autumn bird migration. Genetic characterization of the complete genome of these viruses detected in wild and domestic birds in Cameroon in January 2017 demonstrated the occurrence of multiple virus introductions.

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