Isolation of clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N8), a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, from a worker during an outbreak on a poultry farm, Russia, December 2020
This study presents the isolation of influenza A(H5N8) virus clade 2.3.4.4b from a poultry worker during an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) among chickens at a poultry farm in Astrakhan, Russia in December 2020. Nasopharyngeal swabs collected from seven poultry workers were pos...
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Published in: | Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 26; no. 24 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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Saint-Maurice
Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS)
17-06-2021
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) |
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Summary: | This study presents the isolation of influenza A(H5N8) virus clade 2.3.4.4b from a poultry worker during an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) among chickens at a poultry farm in Astrakhan, Russia in December 2020. Nasopharyngeal swabs collected from seven poultry workers were positive for influenza A(H5N8), as confirmed by RT-PCR and sequencing. The influenza A(H5N8) virus was isolated from one of the human specimens and characterised. Sporadic human influenza A(H5)2.3.4.4. infections represent a possible concern for public health. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Correspondence: Ivan M Susloparov (imsous@vector.nsc.ru) |
ISSN: | 1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917 |
DOI: | 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.24.2100439 |