TY - JOUR AU - Bouwstra, Ruth AU - Heutink, Rene AU - Bossers, Alex AU - Harders, Frank AU - Koch, Guus AU - Elbers, Armin T1 - Full-Genome Sequence of Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Poultry Linked to Sequences of Strains from Asia, the Netherlands, 2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 5 SP - 872 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Genetic analyses of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus from the Netherlands, and comparison with strains from Europe, South Korea, and Japan, showed a close relation. Data suggest the strains were probably carried to the Netherlands by migratory wild birds from Asia, possibly through overlapping flyways and common breeding sites in Siberia. KW - influenza KW - H5N8 KW - poultry KW - the Netherlands KW - genome sequencing KW - viruses KW - Asian strains DO - 10.3201/eid2105.141839 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/5/14-1839_article ER - End of Reference