Influenza A virus subtype H5N8
- Influenza A virus subtype H5N8
H5N8 is a subtype of the species Influenza A virus (sometimes called bird flu virus).
A highly pathogenic strain of it called A/turkey/Ireland/1378/83 caused a minor flu outbreak in 1983 in Ireland in turkeys. [cite web | url = http://www.who.int/csr/don/2004_03_02/en/ | title = Avian influenza A(H5N1)- update 31: Situation (poultry) in Asia: need for a long-term response, comparison with previous outbreaks | accessdate = 2007-11-04 | date = 2004-03-02 | work = Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response | publisher = World Health Organization] [cite web | url = http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scah/out45-final_en.pdf | title = The Definition of Avian Influenza : The use of Vaccination against Avian Influenza | accessdate = 2007-11-04 | author = Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare | date = 2006-06-27 | format = pdf | publisher = European Commission, Health & Consumer Protection Directorate-General ]
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*cite journal | author = Walker JA, Kawaoka Y | title = Importance of conserved amino acids at the cleavage site of the haemagglutinin of a virulent avian influenza A virus | journal = J. Gen. Virol. | volume = 74 ( Pt 2) | issue = | pages = 311–4 | year = 1993 | pmid = 8429306 | doi = | accessdate = 2007-11-04
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