Influenza A(H5N8) Virus Similar to Strain in Korea Causing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Germany

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) virus, like the recently described H5N8 strain from Korea, was detected in November 2014 in farmed turkeys and in a healthy common teal (Anas crecca) in northeastern Germany. Infected wild birds possibly introduced this virus.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2015-05, Vol.21 (5), p.860-863
Hauptverfasser:	Harder, Timm, Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, Pohlmann, Anne, Starick, Elke, Höreth-Böntgen, Detlef, Albrecht, Karin, Pannwitz, Gunter, Teifke, Jens, Gunalan, Vithiagaran, Lee, Raphael T C, Sauter-Louis, Carola, Homeier, Timo, Staubach, Christoph, Wolf, Carola, Strebelow, Günter, Höper, Dirk, Grund, Christian, Conraths, Franz J, Mettenleiter, Thomas C, Beer, Martin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amino Acid Substitution Animals Animals, Wild Avian influenza Birds Development and progression Dispatch Germany - epidemiology H5N8 subtype Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus - genetics highly pathogenic influenza A virus Influenza A virus - classification Influenza A virus - genetics Influenza A virus - pathogenicity Influenza in Birds - epidemiology Influenza in Birds - pathology Influenza in Birds - virology Livestock farms Mutation Phylogeny poultry Poultry industry Turkeys wild birds zoonoses
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Zusammenfassung:	Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) virus, like the recently described H5N8 strain from Korea, was detected in November 2014 in farmed turkeys and in a healthy common teal (Anas crecca) in northeastern Germany. Infected wild birds possibly introduced this virus.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2105.141897