Influenza A(H5N8) virus similar to strain in Korea causing highly pathogenic avian influenza in Germany

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: 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
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Bacteria
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107267
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25617

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https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107267
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25617

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