Evolutionary and Mutational Characterization of the First H5N8 Subtype Influenza A Virus in Humans [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 Highly pathogenic influenza A virus H5 subtype remains a risk for transmission in humans. The H5N8 subtype has caused multiple outbreaks in poultry in Europe over the past few winters.
Lin Ding, Jie Li, Xue Li, Bingqian Qu
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Construction and Immune Strategy Optimization of a Vaccine Strain for Influenza A (H5N8) Subtype [PDF]
VirusesMultiple subtypes of avian influenza virus (AIV), including H5N1, H5N6, and H5N8 viruses, are currently co-circulating in wild birds and poultry and causing sporadic human infections. Vaccine development is essential for pandemic preparedness.
Shuxia Zhang +14 more
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of the A/H5N8 subtype, clade 2.3.4.4b, caused outbreaks in Kazakhstan in 2020 [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background Large poultry die-offs happened in Kazakhstan during autumn of 2020. The birds’ disease appeared to be avian influenza. Northern Kazakhstan was hit first and then the disease propagated across the country affecting eleven provinces. This study
Asylulan Amirgazin +7 more
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Pathogenicity of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 subtype for herring gulls (Larus argentatus): impact of homo- and heterosubtypic immunity on the outcome of infection [PDF]
Veterinary Research, 2022 To improve understanding of the pathobiology of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) infections in wild birds, pathogenicity and transmissibility of HPAIV H5N8 subtype clade 2.3.4.4b was evaluated in ~ 8-week-old herring gulls (Larus ...
Karolina Tarasiuk +8 more
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Multivalent Inactivated Vaccine Protects Chickens from Distinct Clades of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtypes H5N1 and H5N8 [PDF]
VaccinesBackground/Objective: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 subtype remains a significant menace to both the poultry industry and human public health.
Walid H. Kilany +6 more
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Global review of the H5N8 avian influenza virus subtype [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Orthomyxoviruses are negative-sense, RNA viruses with segmented genomes that are highly unstable due to reassortment. The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N8 emerged in wild birds in China.
Saba Rafique +15 more
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Clade 2.3.4.4b Subtype H5N8 Virus Isolated from Mandarin Duck in South Korea, 2020 [PDF]
Viruses, 2020 In October 2020, a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N8 virus was identified from a fecal sample of a wild mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) in South Korea.
Sol Jeong +9 more
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N8 in Poultry Farms, South Korea [PDF]
Viruses, 2021 Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), a zoonotic disease, is a major threat to humans and poultry health worldwide. In January 2014, HPAI virus subtype H5N8 first infected poultry farms in South Korea, and 393 outbreaks, overall, were reported with ...
Woo-Hyun Kim, Sun Hak Bae, Seongbeom Cho
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Estimation of the Basic Reproduction Numbers of the Subtypes H5N1, H5N8, and H5N6 During the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Epidemic Spread Between Farms [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 It is important to understand pathogen transmissibility in a population to establish an effective disease prevention policy. The basic reproduction number (R0) is an epidemiologic parameter for understanding the characterization of disease and its ...
Woo-Hyun Kim, Seongbeom Cho
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Novel Genotype of HA Clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 Subtype High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus Emerged at a Wintering Site of Migratory Birds in Japan, 2021/22 Winter [PDF]
PathogensSurveillance of avian influenza virus (AIV) was conducted in the 2021–2022 winter season at a wintering site of migratory Anatidae in Japan. An H5N8 subtype high pathogenicity AIV (HPAIV) with a unique gene constellation and four low pathogenicity AIVs ...
Berihun Dires Mihiretu +4 more
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