Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017
Augustin T. Twabela
, Georges M. Tshilenge, Yoshiro Sakoda, Masatoshi Okamatsu, Ezekiel Bushu, Philippe Kone, Lidewij Wiersma, Gianpiero Zamperin, Alessandra Drago, Bianca Zecchin, and Isabella Monne
Author affiliations: Central Veterinary Laboratory of Kinshasa, Kinshasa I/Gombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo (A.T. Twabela, G.M. Tshilenge); Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan (A.T. Twabela, Y. Sakoda, M. Okamatsu); Laboratoire Vétérinaire de Goma, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (E. Bushu); Food and Agriculture Organization Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Disease, Kinshasa I (P. Kone); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy (L. Wiersma); Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy (G. Zamperin, A. Drago, B. Zecchin, I. Monne)
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Figure 1. Location of confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A (H5N8) infection in Bunia territory, on the border with Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017. Inset shows location of Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa.
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