Phylogenetic Analysis of Influenza A Viruses (H6N8, H1N8, H4N2, H9N2, H10N7) Isolated from Wild Birds, Ducks, and Ostriches in South Africa from 2007 to 2009

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Influenza A strains emerging from wild birds are a constant threat to South Africa's valuable ostrich industry. In 2004 and again in 2006, low pathogenicity avian influenza H5N2 strains introduced from a wild bird reservoir mutated in ostriches to high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), with serious economic consequences and export bans imposed by the European Union. Although no outbreaks of notifiable avian...

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