Tracking of new avian influenza viruses becomes possible through modern analyses of genome data : Second study of the global H5N8 consortium published : FLI Press release 07/2020

Insel Riems, 10.08.2020. An international consortium succeeded in tracking the genesis and spread of new reassortants of avian influenza viruses by the use of mathematical analyses. This large-scale international study has now been published in the scientific journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America). The work was jointly carried out by the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), the Erasmus University Medical Center and the University of Edinburgh within the “Global Consortium for H5N8 and Related Influenza Viruses”.