TY - JOUR AU - Li, Mingxin AU - Liu, Haizhou AU - Bi, Yuhai AU - Sun, Jianqing AU - Wong, Gary AU - Liu, Di AU - Li, Laixing AU - Liu, Juxiang AU - Chen, Quanjiao AU - Wang, Hanzhong AU - He, Yubang AU - Shi, Weifeng AU - Gao, George AU - Chen, Jianjun T1 - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Wild Migratory Birds, Qinghai Lake, China T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 4 SP - 637 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In May 2016, a highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus strain caused deaths among 3 species of wild migratory birds in Qinghai Lake, China. Genetic analysis showed that the novel reassortant virus belongs to group B H5N8 viruses and that the reassortment events likely occurred in early 2016. KW - Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus KW - HPAI KW - H5N8 KW - reassortment KW - wild aquatic birds KW - phylogenetic analysis KW - influenza in birds KW - bird diseases KW - viruses KW - influenza KW - wild migratory birds KW - Qinghai Lake KW - China DO - 10.3201/eid2304.161866 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/4/16-1866_article ER - End of Reference