RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Novel incursion of a highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N8 virus in the Netherlands, October 2020
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2020.11.03.361634
DO 10.1101/2020.11.03.361634
A1 Nancy Beerens
A1 Rene Heutink
A1 Frank Harders
A1 Marit Roose
A1 Sylvia B.E. Pritz-Verschuren
A1 Evelien A. Germeraad
A1 Marc Engelsma
YR 2020
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/11/03/2020.11.03.361634.abstract
AB The HPAI H5N8 virus detected in mute swans in the Netherlands in October 2020 shares a common ancestor with clade 2.3.4.4b viruses last detected in Egypt in 2018-2019 and has a similar genetic composition. The virus is not directly related to European H5N8 viruses detected in first half of 2020.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.