TY - JOUR AU - El-Shesheny, Rabeh AU - Barman, Subrata AU - Feeroz, Mohammed AU - Hasan, M. Kamrul AU - Jones-Engel, Lisa AU - Franks, John AU - Turner, Jasmine AU - Seiler, Patrick AU - Walker, David AU - Friedman, Kimberly AU - Kercher, Lisa AU - Begum, Sajeda AU - Akhtar, Sharmin AU - Datta, Ashis Kumar AU - Krauss, Scott AU - Kayali, Ghazi AU - McKenzie, Pamela AU - Webby, Richard AU - Webster, Robert T1 - Genesis of Influenza A(H5N8) Viruses T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 8 SP - 1368 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) clade 2.3.4.4 virus emerged in 2016 and spread to Russia, Europe, and Africa. Our analysis of viruses from domestic ducks at Tanguar haor, Bangladesh, showed genetic similarities with other viruses from wild birds in central Asia, suggesting their potential role in the genesis of A(H5N8). KW - Bangladesh KW - central Asian flyway KW - clade 2.3.4.4 KW - highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) KW - viruses KW - United States KW - Egypt KW - influenza KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid2308.170143 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/8/17-0143_article ER - End of Reference