Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2020)

Sub-Saharan Africa and Eurasia Ancestry of Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Europe, December 2019

  • Edyta Świętoń,
  • Alice Fusaro,
  • Ismaila Shittu,
  • Krzysztof Niemczuk,
  • Bianca Zecchin,
  • Tony Joannis,
  • Francesco Bonfante,
  • Krzysztof Śmietanka,
  • Calogero Terregino

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200165
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 7
pp. 1557 – 1561

Abstract

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We report detection of a highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) clade 2.3.4.4b virus in Europe. This virus was generated by reassortment between H5N8 subtype virus from sub-Saharan Africa and low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses from Eurasia.

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