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

Edyta Swieton; Alice Fusaro; Alice Fusaro; Ismaila Shittu; Krzysztof Niemczuk; Bianca Zecchin; Tony Joannis; Francesco Bonfante; Krzysztof Mietanka; Calogero Terregino

doi:10.3201/eid2607.200165

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

Edyta Swieton, Alice Fusaro, Alice Fusaro, Ismaila Shittu, Krzysztof Niemczuk, Bianca Zecchin, Tony Joannis, Francesco Bonfante, Krzysztof Mietanka, Calogero Terregino

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1557-1561
Number of pages	5
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	26
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200165
State	Published - Jul 2020
Externally published	Yes

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

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