1. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Gray Seals, Baltic Sea.
- Author
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Shin DL, Siebert U, Lakemeyer J, Grilo M, Pawliczka I, Wu NH, Valentin-Weigand P, Haas L, and Herrler G
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- Animals, Baltic States, Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus, Male, Oceans and Seas, Phylogeny, Poland, Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype classification, Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype genetics, Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype isolation & purification, Orthomyxoviridae Infections epidemiology, Orthomyxoviridae Infections virology, Seals, Earless virology
- Abstract
We detected a highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus in lung samples of 2 gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) stranded on the Baltic coast of Poland in 2016 and 2017. This virus, clade 2.3.4.4 B, was closely related to avian H5N8 viruses circulating in Europe at the time.
- Published
- 2019
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