Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus in the Netherlands, December 2017

A novel highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus affecting wild birds and commercial poultry was detected in the Netherlands in December 2017. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the virus is a reassortant of H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4 viruses and not related to the Asian H5N6 viruses that caused...

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Autores principales: Beerens, Nancy, Koch, Guus, Heutink, Rene, Harders, Frank, Vries, D.P. Edwin, Ho, Cynthia, Bossers, Alex, Elbers, Armin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29381134
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.172124
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Sumario:A novel highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus affecting wild birds and commercial poultry was detected in the Netherlands in December 2017. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the virus is a reassortant of H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4 viruses and not related to the Asian H5N6 viruses that caused human infections.

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