Genetic Evidence for Multi-event Imports of Avian Influenza Virus A (H5N1) into Bavaria, Germany

Overview

Journal J Vet Diagn Invest

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2007 Apr 27

PMID 17459857

Citations 5

Authors

Monika Rinder

Victoria Lang

Cordula Fuchs

Angela Hafner-Marx

Karl-Heinz Bogner

Antonie Neubauer

Mathias Buttner

Heinz Rinder

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Abstract

The almost simultaneous initial detections of avian influenza A H5N1 viruses in central Europe in February 2006, at a time devoid of migratory bird activity, raised the question of the origin of these viruses. This report presents molecular data from Europe providing evidence for multiple and spatially overlapping H5N1 introductions into Bavaria, Germany.

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