Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 outbreak in Germany

OIE HPAI report Nov 2020 | H5N8

Location: Heidmühlen, Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein (Backyard)
Date of start of the outbreak: Nov 08. 2020
(Follow-up report No. 1)
https://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?reportid=36504

Location: Oland / Langeneß, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein (Farm)
Date of start of the outbreak: Nov 04. 2020
(Immediate notification)
https://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?reportid=36450

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N8) Clade 2.3.4.4 Infection in Migratory Birds, Egypt
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443452/

The European and Japanese outbreaks of H5N8 derive from a single source population providing evidence for the dispersal along the long distance bird migratory flyways
https://peerj.com/articles/934/

Circulation, Evolution and Transmission of H5N8 virus, 2016–2018
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0163445319302142

Fine-scale tracking of wild waterfowl and their impact on highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in the Republic of Korea, 2014–2015
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75698-y

Sub-Saharan Africa and Eurasia Ancestry of Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Europe, December 2019
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323556/

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