Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Gray Seals, Baltic Sea

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Authors

Dai‐Lun Shin · University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation

Ursula Siebert · University of Gdańsk

Jan Lakemeyer · University of Gdańsk

Miguel L. Grilo · University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation

Iwona Pawliczka · University of Gdańsk

Nai‐Huei Wu · University of Gdańsk

Peter Valentin‐Weigand

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.

Topics & Keywords

Influenza Virus Research Studies Respiratory viral infections research Viral Infections and Vectors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 25, Issue 12, pp. 2295-2298

DOI: 10.3201/eid2512.181472

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