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- Title
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Gray Seals, Baltic Sea.
- Authors
Dai-Lun Shin; Siebert, Ursula; Lakemeyer, Jan; Grilo, Miguel; Pawliczka, Iwona; Nai-HueiWu; Valentin-Weigand, Peter; Haas, Ludwig; Herrler, Georg; Shin, Dai-Lun; Wu, Nai-Huei
- Abstract
We detected a highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus in lung samples of 2 gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) stranded on the Baltic coast of Poland in 2016 and 2017. This virus, clade 2.3.4.4 B, was closely related to avian H5N8 viruses circulating in Europe at the time.
- Subjects
POLAND; EUROPE; GRAY seal; AVIAN influenza; VIRUSES; SEAS
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 12, p2295
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2512.181472