Abstract
The outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5Nx viruses in winter 2016/2017 was the most severe HPAI epizootic ever reported in Germany. The H5N8 and H5N5 viruses detected in birds in Germany in 2016/2017 represent a reassortant swarm of at least five distinct genotypes, which carried closely related HA segments derived from clade 2.3.4.4b. The genotypes of these viruses and their spatio-Temporal distribution indicated a unique situation with multiple independent entries of HPAIV into Germany.
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Pohlmann, A., Starick, E., Grund, C., Höper, D., Strebelow, G., Globig, A., … Beer, M. (2018). Swarm incursions of reassortants of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus strains H5N8 and H5N5, clade 2.3.4.4b, Germany, winter 2016/17. Scientific Reports, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16936-8
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