Li X, Lv X, Li Y, Peng P, Zhou R, Qin S, Ma E, Liu W, Fu T, Ma P, An Q, Li Y, Hua Y, Wang Y, Lei C, Chu D, Sun H, Li Y, Gao Y, Chai H. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Swans, China, 2020.
Emerg Infect Dis 2021;
27:1732-1734. [PMID:
33834988 PMCID:
PMC8153893 DOI:
10.3201/eid2706.204727]
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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.
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