Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Cameroon, 2017

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 24; no. 7; pp. 1367 - 1370
• Main Authors: Wade, Abel, Jumbo, Simon Dickmu, Zecchin, Bianca, Fusaro, Alice, Taiga, Taiga, Bianco, Alice, Rodrigue, Poueme N, Salomoni, Angela, Kameni, Jean Marc Feussom, Zamperin, Gianpiero, Nenkam, Robert, Foupouapouognigni, Yacouba, Abdoulkadiri, Souley, Aboubakar, Yaya, Wiersma, Lidewij, Cattoli, Giovanni, Monne, Isabella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.07.2018; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Wild; Avian influenza; Avian influenza viruses; Birds - virology; Cameroon; Cameroon - epidemiology; clade 2.3.4.4; Disease Outbreaks; Dispatch; Genes, Viral; Genomics; H5N8; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; History, 21st Century; Humans; influenza; Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype - classification; Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype - genetics; Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype - pathogenicity; Influenza in Birds; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - history; Influenza, Human - virology; Nuclear energy; Phylogeny; Public Health Surveillance; Virulence; viruses; Cameroon; influenza; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; clade 2.3.4.4; Cameroon; viruses; H5N8
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2407.172120

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4 spread into West Africa in late 2016 during the autumn bird migration. Genetic characterization of the complete genome of these viruses detected in wild and domestic birds in Cameroon in January 2017 demonstrated the occurrence of multiple virus introductions.