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Swarm incursions of reassortants of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus strains H5N8 and H5N5, clade 2.3.4.4b, Germany, winter 2016/17.
Scientific reports - 8 Jan 2018
Pohlmann Anne, Starick Elke, Grund Christian, Höper Dirk, Strebelow Günter, Globig Anja, Staubach Christoph, Conraths Franz J, Mettenleiter Thomas C, Harder Timm, Beer Martin
Abstract excerpt
The outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5Nx viruses in winter 2016/2017 was the most severe HPAI epizootic ever reported in Germany. The H5N8 and H5N5 viruses detected in birds in Germany in 2016/2017 represent a reassortant swarm of at least five distinct genotypes, which carried closely related HA segments derived from clade 2.3.4.4b. The genotypes of these viruses and their spatio-temporal...
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