MicrobiologybioRxiv
Novel incursion of a highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N8 virus in the Netherlands, October 2020
N. Beerens, R. Heutink, F. Harders…·M. Engelsma
The paper identifies a novel H5N8 avian influenza virus in the Netherlands in 2020, tracing its genetic origin to Egypt 2018-2019 and distinguishing it from earlier European strains.
DOI 10.3201/eid2706.204464