Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b, Western Siberia, Russia, 2020

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Aug;27(8):2224-2227. doi: 10.3201/eid2708.204969.ABSTRACTTwo variants of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus were detected in dead poultry in Western Siberia, Russia, during August and September 2020. One variant was represented by viruses of clade 2.3.4.4b and the other by a novel reassortant between clade 2.3.4.4b and Eurasian low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses circulating in wild birds.PMID:34287138 | DOI:10.3201/eid2708.204969

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - July 21, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ivan Sobolev Kirill Sharshov Nikita Dubovitskiy Olga Kurskaya Alexander Alekseev Sergey Leonov Yuriy Yushkov Victor Irza Andrey Komissarov Artem Fadeev Daria Danilenko Junki Mine Ryota Tsunekuni Yuko Uchida Takehiko Saito Alexander Shestopalov Source Type: research