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SUBMITTER: Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5972003 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20161001 6309
Avian influenza viruses affect both poultry production and public health. A subtype H5N8 (clade 2.3.4.4) virus, following an outbreak in poultry in South Korea in January 2014, rapidly spread worldwide in 2014-2015. Our analysis of H5N8 viral sequences, epidemiological investigations, waterfowl migration, and poultry trade showed that long-distance migratory birds can play a major role in the global spread of avian influenza viruses. Further, we found that the hemagglutinin of clade 2.3.4.4 viru ...[more]