# Sub-Saharan Africa and Eurasia Ancestry of Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Europe, December 2019 - Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC

> A study in Emerging Infectious Diseases reports a reassortant HPAI H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4b virus detected in Europe in December 2019. The virus combined H5N8 from sub-Saharan Africa with low-pathogenicity viruses from Eurasia.

- Date: 2020-06-18 · published 2020-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52487-sub-saharan-africa-and-eurasia-ancestry-of-reassortant-highly-pathogenic-avian
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

The findings point to ongoing virus circulation through wild birds, which raises the risk of future poultry outbreaks and supply disruption.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2020-07-03 | [Atypical Pathogenicity of Avian Influenza (H3N1) Virus Involved in Outbreak, Belgium, 2019 - Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51997-atypical-pathogenicity-of-avian-influenza-h3n1-virus-involved-in-outbreak.md) | +0.1% | +12.1% |
| HOGS | 2023-08-03 | [Eurosurveillance \| Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection on multiple fur farms in the South and Central Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, July 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16161-eurosurveillance-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-a-h5n1-virus-infection-on.md) | -1.1% | -16.4% |
| HOGS | 2026-03-15 | [The so-called "three major livestock infectious diseases" such as highly pathogenic avian influenza .. - MK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15926-the-so-called-three-major-livestock-infectious-diseases-such-as-highly.md) | -1.0% | -2.2% |
| HOGS | 2018-12-11 | [Iran - 3 new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in birds in villages and livestock market, East Azarbayejan (OIE, December 11, 2018) \| FluTrackers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61451-iran-3-new-outbreaks-of-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-h5n8-in-birds-in.md) | +7.2% | +8.5% |
| HOGS | 2016-12-20 | [Task Force Statement on H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Poultry and Wild Birds \| Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73356-task-force-statement-on-h5n8-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai-in-poultry.md) | -0.8% | +4.6% |
| SBM | 2020-07-03 | [Atypical Pathogenicity of Avian Influenza (H3N1) Virus Involved in Outbreak, Belgium, 2019 - Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51997-atypical-pathogenicity-of-avian-influenza-h3n1-virus-involved-in-outbreak.md) | -0.9% | -1.4% |
| SBM | 2023-08-03 | [Eurosurveillance \| Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection on multiple fur farms in the South and Central Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, July 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16161-eurosurveillance-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-a-h5n1-virus-infection-on.md) | -4.5% | -5.6% |
| SBM | 2018-12-11 | [Iran - 3 new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in birds in villages and livestock market, East Azarbayejan (OIE, December 11, 2018) \| FluTrackers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61451-iran-3-new-outbreaks-of-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-h5n8-in-birds-in.md) | +0.4% | +3.6% |

## Sources

- wwwnc.cdc.gov: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0165_article

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