High Rates of Detection of Clade 2.3.4.4 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5 Viruses in Wild Birds in the Pacific Northwest During the Winter of 2014–15

• Main Authors: Ip, Hon S., Dusek, Robert J., Bodenstein, Barbara, Torchetti, Mia Kim, DeBruyn, Paul, Mansfield, Kristin, Deliberto, Thomas J., Sleeman, Jonathan M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2016
• Subjects: avian influenza; intercontinental transmission; wild; migratory birds; surveillance strategy; HPAIV; H5Nx; Life Sciences; Alta; Canada; Halcón; Invierno; Pacific; Falco rusticolus; gyrfalcon
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/1827; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/icwdm_usdanwrc/article/2825/viewcontent/Ip_AD_2016_High_Rates_of_Detection.pdf

SUMMARY. In 2014, clade 2.3.4.4 H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses spread across the Republic of Korea and ultimately were reported in China, Japan, Russia, and Europe. Mortality associated with a reassortant HPAI H5N2 virus was detected in poultry farms in western Canada at the e...