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Transmission dynamics and pathogenesis differ between pheasants and partridges infected with clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 and H5N1 high-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses
2023-09-22
Abstract excerpt
During the UK 2020-2021 epizootic of H5Nx clade 2.3.4.4b high-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs), high mortality occurred during incursions in commercially farmed common pheasants ( Phasianus colchicus) . Two pheasant farms, affected separately by H5N8 and H5N1 subtypes, included adjacently housed red-legged partridges ( Alectoris rufa ), which appeared to be unaffected. Despite extensive ongoing epi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 652f26ab-a7ed-5ff2-8059-2863c0195f4b
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.09.22.558959
