학술논문
Influenza A(H5N8) Virus Similar to Strain in Korea Causing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Germany
Document Type
article
Author
Timm Harder; Sebastian Maurer-Stroh; Anne Pohlmann; Elke Starick; Detlef Höreth-Böntgen; Karin Albrecht; Gunter Pannwitz; Jens P. Teifke; Vithiagaran Gunalan; Raphael T.C. Lee; Carola Sauter-Louis; Timo Homeier; Christoph Staubach; Carola Wolf; Günter Strebelow; Dirk Höper; Christian Grund; Franz J. Conraths; Thomas C. Mettenleiter; Martin Beer
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 5, Pp 860-863 (2015)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
Abstract
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) virus, like the recently described H5N8 strain from Korea, was detected in November 2014 in farmed turkeys and in a healthy common teal (Anas crecca) in northeastern Germany. Infected wild birds possibly introduced this virus.