Outbreaks among Wild Birds and Domestic Poultry Caused by Reassorted Influenza A(H5N8) Clade 2.3.4.4 Viruses, Germany, 2016.

Authors :: Pohlmann, Anne
Starick, Elke
Harder, Timm
Grund, Christian
Höper, Dirk
Globig, Anja
Staubach, Christoph
Dietze, Klaas
Strebelow, Günter
Ulrich, Reiner G.
Schinköthe, Jan
Teifke, Jens P.
Conraths, Franz J.
Mettenleiter, Thomas C.
Beer, Martin
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Apr2017, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p633-636. 4p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 1 Map.
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: In November 2016, an influenza A(H5N8) outbreak caused deaths of wild birds and domestic poultry in Germany. Clade 2.3.4.4 virus was closely related to viruses detected at the Russia-Mongolia border in 2016 but had new polymerase acidic and nucleoprotein segments. These new strains may be more efficiently transmitted to and shed by birds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *DISEASE outbreaks
*INFLUENZA A virus
*BIRDS as carriers of disease
*POLYMERASES
*NUCLEOPROTEINS

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