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Sub-Saharan Africa and Eurasia Ancestry of Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Europe, December 2019.

ABSTRACT: We report detection of a highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) clade 2.3.4.4b virus in Europe. This virus was generated by reassortment between H5N8 subtype virus from sub-Saharan Africa and low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses from Eurasia.

SUBMITTER: Swieton E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7323556 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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