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Re-Invasion of H5N8 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b in Hokkaido, Japan, 2020.
Viruses - 14 Dec 2020
Isoda Norikazu, Twabela Augustin T, Bazarragchaa Enkhbold, Ogasawara Kohei, Hayashi Hirotaka, Wang Zu-Jyun, Kobayashi Daiki, Watanabe Yukiko, Saito Keisuke, Kida Hiroshi, Sakoda Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Global dispersion of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), especially that caused by H5 clade 2.3.4.4, has threatened poultry industries and, potentially, human health. An HPAI virus, A/northern pintail/Hokkaido/M13/2020 (H5N8) (NP/Hok/20) belonging to clade 2.3.4.4b, was isolated from a fecal sample collected at a lake in Hokkaido, Japan where migratory birds rested, October 2020. In the phylogenetic trees...
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