Novel Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N8) Virus in Zoos, India

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) viruses were detected in waterfowl at 2 zoos in India in October 2016. Both viruses were different 7:1 reassortants of H5N8 viruses isolated in May 2016 from wild birds in the Russian Federation and China, suggesting virus spread during southward winter migra...

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Autores principales: Nagarajan, Shanmugasundaram, Kumar, Manoj, Murugkar, Harshad V., Tripathi, Sushil, Shukla, Shweta, Agarwal, Sonam, Dubey, Garima, Nagi, Raunaq Singh, Singh, Vijendra Pal, Tosh, Chakradhar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28117031
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161886
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Sumario:Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) viruses were detected in waterfowl at 2 zoos in India in October 2016. Both viruses were different 7:1 reassortants of H5N8 viruses isolated in May 2016 from wild birds in the Russian Federation and China, suggesting virus spread during southward winter migration of birds.

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