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- The study reports the isolation of the highly pathogenic influenza A(H5N8) virus from a poultry worker in Astrakhan, Russia, during a poultry outbreak in December 2020.
- Seven poultry workers' nasopharyngeal swabs tested positive for the virus, with one sample confirmed through RT-PCR and sequencing.
- The findings raise public health concerns due to the sporadic nature of human infections with the influenza A(H5N8) virus.
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This study presents the isolation of influenza A(H5N8) virus clade 2.3.4.4b from a poultry worker during an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) among chickens at a poultry farm in Astrakhan, Russia in December 2020. Nasopharyngeal swabs collected from seven poultry workers were positive for influenza A(H5N8), as confirmed by RT-PCR and sequencing. The influenza A(H5N8) virus was isolated from one of the human specimens and characterised. Sporadic human influenza A(H5)2.3.4.4. infections represent a possible concern for public health.
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