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Volume 27, Number 6—June 2021
Research Letter

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Swans, China, 2020

Xiang Li1, Xinru Lv1, Yi Li1, Peng Peng, Ruifang Zhou, Siyuan Qin, Enda Ma, Wenqiang Liu, Tian Fu, Peiran Ma, Qing An, Yiran Li, Yuping Hua, Yulong Wang, Chengliang Lei, Dong Chu, Heting Sun, Yanbing Li, Yuwei Gao, and Hongliang ChaiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Northeast Forestry University College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Harbin, China (X. Li, X. Lv, Y. Li, T. Fu, P. Ma, Q. An, Yiran Li, Y. Hua, Y. Wang, H. Chai); General Station for Surveillance of Wildlife Disease and Wildlife Borne Diseases, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Shenyang, China (P. Peng, S. Qin, D. Chu, H. Sun); Bayannur Desert Comprehensive Management Center, Bayannur Forestry Scientific Research Institute, Bayannur, China (R. Zhou); Wildlife and Wetland Conservation Center, Bayannur Forestry and Grassland Administration, Bayannur (E. Ma, W. Liu); State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Harbin (Yanbing Li); National Forestry and Grassland Administration Department of Wildlife Protection, Beijing, China (C. Lei); Military Veterinary Research Institute of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, China (Y. Gao)

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Global distribution of the influenza A(H5N8) viruses related to 2 H5N8 isolates detected in whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) and mute swans (C. olor) in Inner Mongolia, China, 2020. Red dot indicates sampling site in Inner Mongolia; red solid lines indicate whooper swan migratory routes in central China. Dates refer to the day of initial H5N8 virus isolated in poultry and wild birds in each country in 2020.

Figure. Global distribution of the influenza A(H5N8) viruses related to 2 H5N8 isolates detected in whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) and mute swans (C. olor) in Inner Mongolia, China, 2020. Red dot indicates sampling site in Inner Mongolia; red solid lines indicate whooper swan migratory routes in central China. Dates refer to the day of initial H5N8 virus isolated in poultry and wild birds in each country in 2020.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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