Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus in gray seals, Baltic Sea

Dai Lun Shin; Ursula Siebert; Jan Lakemeyer; Miguel Grilo; Iwona Pawliczka; Nai Huei Wu; Peter Valentin-Weigand; Ludwig Haas; Georg Herrler

doi:10.3201/eid2512.181472

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus in gray seals, Baltic Sea

Dai Lun Shin, Ursula Siebert, Jan Lakemeyer, Miguel Grilo, Iwona Pawliczka, Nai Huei Wu, Peter Valentin-Weigand, Ludwig Haas, Georg Herrler

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2295-2298
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	25
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.181472
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus in gray seals, Baltic Sea

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