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Low Virulence and Lack of Airborne Transmission of the Dutch Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus H5N8 in Ferrets.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Richard Mathilde, Herfst Sander, van den Brand Judith M A, Lexmond Pascal, Bestebroer Theo M, Rimmelzwaan Guus F, Koopmans Marion, Kuiken Thijs, Fouchier Ron A M
Abstract excerpt
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 viruses that emerged in poultry in East Asia spread to Europe and North America by late 2014. Here we show that the European HPAI H5N8 viruses differ from the Korean and Japanese HPAI H5N8 viruses by several amino acids and that a Dutch HPAI H5N8 viru...
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