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. 2017 Apr;23(4):717-719.
doi: 10.3201/eid2304.161886. Epub 2017 Apr 15.

Novel Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N8) Virus in Zoos, India

Shanmugasundaram Nagarajan, Manoj Kumar, Harshad V Murugkar, Sushil Tripathi, Shweta Shukla, Sonam Agarwal, Garima Dubey, Raunaq Singh Nagi, Vijendra Pal Singh, Chakradhar Tosh

Novel Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N8) Virus in Zoos, India

Shanmugasundaram Nagarajan et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Apr.

Abstract

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) viruses were detected in waterfowl at 2 zoos in India in October 2016. Both viruses were different 7:1 reassortants of H5N8 viruses isolated in May 2016 from wild birds in the Russian Federation and China, suggesting virus spread during southward winter migration of birds.

Keywords: HPAI; India; clade 2.3.4.4; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; influenza; phylogenetic analysis; subtype H5N8; viruses; waterfowl; zoonoses; zoos.

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