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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Swans,China, 2020 |
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| Authors: | Xiang Li Xinru Lv Yi Li Peng Peng Ruifang Zhou Siyuan Qin Enda Ma Wenqiang Liu Tian Fu Peiran Ma Qing An Yiran Li Yuping Hua Yulong Wang Chengliang Lei Dong Chu Heting Sun Yanbing Li Yuwei Gao Hongliang Chai |
| Abstract: | In October 2020, highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses were detected in 2 dead swans in Inner Mongolia, China. Genetic analysis showed that the H5N8 isolates belong to clade 2.3.4.4b and that the isolates cluster with the H5N8 viruses isolated in Eurasia in the fall of 2020. |
| Keywords: | influenza A virus H5N8 subtype avian influenza Phylogenyviruses respiratory infections zoonoses viruses vaccine-preventable diseases Inner Mongolia China swans |