title: Outbreaks among Wild Birds and Domestic Poultry Caused by Reassorted Influenza A(H5N8) Clade 2.3.4.4 Viruses, Germany, 2016.
abstract: In November 2016, an influenza A(H5N8) outbreak caused deaths of wild birds and domestic poultry in Germany. Clade 2.3.4.4 virus was closely related to viruses detected at the Russia-Mongolia border in 2016 but had new polymerase acidic and nucleoprotein segments. These new strains may be more efficiently transmitted to and shed by birds.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pohlmann
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Starick
authors.forename: Timm
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harder
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grund
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Höper
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Globig
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Staubach
authors.forename: Klaas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dietze
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strebelow
authors.forename: Reiner G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ulrich
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schinköthe
authors.forename: Jens P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Teifke
authors.forename: Franz J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Conraths
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Mettenleiter
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001717:Birds; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D000071225:Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D016865:Reassortant Viruses / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Germany; H5N8; HPAIV; avian influenza virus; clade 2.3.4.4; highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses; influenza; poultry; reassortant; viruses; wild birds; zoonoses