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Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Dispatch

Influenza A(H5N8) Virus Similar to Strain in Korea Causing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Germany

Timm HarderComments to Author , Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Anne Pohlmann, Elke Starick, Detlef Höreth-Böntgen, Karin Albrecht, Gunter Pannwitz, Jens P. Teifke, Vithiagaran Gunalan, Raphael T.C. Lee, Carola Sauter-Louis, Timo Homeier, Christoph Staubach, Carola Wolf, Günter Strebelow, Dirk Höper, Christian Grund, Franz J. Conraths, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, and Martin Beer
Author affiliations: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems, Germany (T. Harder, A. Pohlmann, E. Starick, D. Höreth-Böntgen, J. Teifke, C. Sauter-Louis, T. Homeier, C. Staubach, G. Strebelow, D. Höper, C. Grund, F.J. Conraths, T.C. Mettenleiter, M. Beer); Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (S. Maurer-Stroh); Ministry of Health, Singapore (S. Maurer-Stroh); Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (S. Maurer-Stroh, V. Gunalan, R.T.C. Lee); County Veterinary Office, Anklam, Germany (K. Albrecht, G. Pannwitz); Agency for Agriculture, Food Security and Fisheries of the German Federal State of Mecklenburg–Western Pomeranio, Rostock, Germany (C. Wolf)

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Figure 1

Pathomorphologic results for 2 dead turkeys infected with influenza A(H5N8) virus, Germany. A, C) Gross pathology showing acute, focally extensive to diffuse pancreatic necrosis with fibrinous serositis. B, D) Hematoxylin and eosin staining showing  acute coagulative necrosis of the pancreas and multifocal staining within the exocrine pancreatic acini for influenza A virus nucleocapsid protein. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (B) and 100 µm (D).

Figure 1. Pathomorphologic results for 2 dead turkeys infected with influenza A(H5N8) virus, Germany. A, C) Gross pathology showing acute, focally extensive to diffuse pancreatic necrosis with fibrinous serositis. B, D) Hematoxylin and eosin staining showing acute coagulative necrosis of the pancreas and multifocal staining within the exocrine pancreatic acini for influenza A virus nucleocapsid protein. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (B) and 100 µm (D).

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