Enterotropism of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N8 from the 2016/2017 epidemic in some wild bird species

Abstract In 2016/2017, H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the Goose/Guangdong lineage spread from Asia to Europe, causing the biggest and most widespread HPAI epidemic on record in wild and domestic birds in Europe. We hypothesized that the wide dissemination of the 2016 H5N8 vir...

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Main Authors: Valentina Caliendo, Lonneke Leijten, Lineke Begeman, Marjolein J. Poen, Ron A. M. Fouchier, Nancy Beerens, Thijs Kuiken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Veterinary Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-020-00841-6