Regional transmission and reassortment of 2.3.4.4b highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses in Bulgarian poultry 2017/18
D. Venkatesh, A. Brouwer, G. Goujgoulova, J. Seekings, R. Ellis, I. H. Brown, N. S. Lewis
This study traces the origin and spread of H5 HPAI viruses in Bulgaria using genomic and epidemiological data, identifying two separate outbreaks with no reassortment except in the MP segment.
bioRxiv · Apr 14, 2020Microbiology