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Experimental Infection of Bar-Headed Geese ( Anser indicus ) and Ruddy Shelducks ( Tadorna ferruginea ) With a Clade 2.3.2 H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus
4 Jun 2013
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Since 2005, clade 2.2 H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses have caused infections and morbidity among numerous species of wild waterfowl in Eurasia and Africa. However, outbreaks associated with clade 2.3.2 viruses have increased since 2009, and viruses within this clade have become the dominant strain of the H5N1 HPAI virus detected in wild birds, reaching endemic status in domestic birds in...
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