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... > Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Orthomyxoviridae > Alphainfluenzavirus > Influenza A virus > Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype

Preferred term

Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • H5N8 subtype
  • H5N8 subtypes
  • H5N8 Virus
  • H5N8 Viruses
  • subtype, H5N8
  • Virus, H5N8

Note

  • infection: coordinate with INFLUENZA, HUMAN in humans, or INFLUENZA IN BIRDS in birds, or ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS in other animals

Scope note

  • A subtype of INFLUENZA A VIRUS that is highly virulent in poultry and wild birds, but shows varying degrees of pathogenicity in mice. The H5N8 virus subtype has a polybasic amino acid motif at the HA cleavage site which explains its pathogenicity in birds, and expresses surface proteins HEMAGGLUTININ 5 and NEURAMINIDASE 8 which are typical of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza viruses.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000071225

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