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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection in farmed minks, Spain, October 2022

(Eurosurveillance) This report describes an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) detected in intensively farmed minks in Europe, which occurred in the Galicia region in northwest Spain in October 2022. We present an in-depth description of the epidemiological, clinical and genetic investigations of this outbreak affecting a single farm and discuss public health implications.

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