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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Gray Seals, Baltic Sea

Authors :
Nai-Huei Wu
Iwona Pawliczka
Jan Lakemeyer
Peter Valentin-Weigand
Georg Herrler
Dai-Lun Shin
Miguel L. Grilo
Ludwig Haas
Ursula Siebert
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 12, Pp 2295-2298 (2019), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019.

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806059 and 10806040
Volume :
25
Issue :
12
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3a278b021349a30c7ef3dd4140981392