Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2021)

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Swans, China, 2020

  • Xiang Li,
  • Xinru Lv,
  • Yi Li,
  • Peng Peng,
  • Ruifang Zhou,
  • Siyuan Qin,
  • Enda Ma,
  • Wenqiang Liu,
  • Tian Fu,
  • Peiran Ma,
  • Qing An,
  • Yiran Li,
  • Yuping Hua,
  • Yulong Wang,
  • Chengliang Lei,
  • Dong Chu,
  • Heting Sun,
  • Yanbing Li,
  • Yuwei Gao,
  • Hongliang Chai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2706.204727
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 6
pp. 1732 – 1734

Abstract

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In October 2020, highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses were detected in 2 dead swans in Inner Mongolia, China. Genetic analysis showed that the H5N8 isolates belong to clade 2.3.4.4b and that the isolates cluster with the H5N8 viruses isolated in Eurasia in the fall of 2020.

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