Swarm incursions of reassortants of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus strains H5N8 and H5N5, clade 2.3.4.4b, Germany, winter 2016/17

Authors :: Anja Globig
Günter Strebelow
Christoph Staubach
Christian Grund
Elke Starick
Timm C. Harder
Anne Pohlmann
Thomas C. Mettenleiter
Martin Beer
Franz Josef Conraths
Dirk Höper
Source :: Scientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2018), Scientific Reports
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Nature Publishing Group, 2018.
Abstract: The outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5Nx viruses in winter 2016/2017 was the most severe HPAI epizootic ever reported in Germany. The H5N8 and H5N5 viruses detected in birds in Germany in 2016/2017 represent a reassortant swarm of at least five distinct genotypes, which carried closely related HA segments derived from clade 2.3.4.4b. The genotypes of these viruses and their spatio-temporal distribution indicated a unique situation with multiple independent entries of HPAIV into Germany.

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