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PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (52): Egypt, HPAI H5N8, poultry, susp, comment

Avian Influenza H5N8 -- EgyptVeterinary Services, APHIS, United States Department of Agriculture would like to point out for your readers' information:The H5N8 incursion into North America in 2014-2015 was a wholly Eurasian virus.The H5N2 and H5N1 later detected were reassortants of the Eurasian highly pathogenic avian influenza with North American low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses.For additional information on the clade 2.3.4.4 viruses in North America, we refer you to Torchetti et al, 2015 Read more [...]