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Experimental infection of chickens, Pekin ducks, Eurasian wigeons and Barnacle geese with two recent highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b viruses.
Emerging microbes & infections - 1 Dec 2024
Bordes Luca, Germeraad Evelien A, Roose Marit, van Eijk Nadiah M H A, Engelsma Marc, van der Poel Wim H M, Vreman Sandra, Beerens Nancy
Abstract excerpt
Multiple genotypes of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 clade 2.3.4.4b viruses have caused epizootics in wild birds and poultry. The HPAI H5N1 genotype C virus caused a modest epizootic, whereas the occurrence of the HPAI H5N1 genotype AB virus in 2021 resulted in the largest avian influenza epizootic in Europe to date. Here we studied the pathogenicity of two HPAI H5N1 viruses by experimentally...
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