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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

2021Emerging infectious diseases25 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

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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Influenza A virus subtype H5N1VirologyHighly pathogenicVirusChinaBiologyInfluenza A virusAvian influenza virusPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineGeographyInternal medicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)ArchaeologyInfluenza Virus Research StudiesViral Infections and VectorsCOVID-19 epidemiological studies