Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Swans, China, 2020

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Jun;27(6):1732-1734. doi: 10.3201/eid2706.204727. Epub 2021 Apr 9.

Abstract

In October 2020, highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses were detected in 2 dead swans in Inner Mongolia, China. Genetic analysis showed that the H5N8 isolates belong to clade 2.3.4.4b and that the isolates cluster with the H5N8 viruses isolated in Eurasia in the fall of 2020.

Keywords: China; H5N8 subtype; Inner Mongolia; Phylogenyviruses; avian influenza; influenza A virus; respiratory infections; swans; vaccine-preventable diseases; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild
  • Birds
  • China
  • Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype*
  • Influenza in Birds*
  • Phylogeny