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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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: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107267
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25617
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English