Influenza A virus subtype H5N8

Influenza (Flu)

Types
Avian (A/H5N1 subtype) Canine Equine Swine (A/H1N1 subtype)
Vaccines
2009 pandemic (Pandemrix) ACAM-FLU-A Fluzone Influvac Live attenuated (FluMist) Optaflu
Treatment
Amantadine Arbidol Laninamivir Oseltamivir Peramivir Rimantadine Vitamin D Zanamivir
Pandemics
2009 Swine 1968–1969 Hong Kong 1918
Outbreaks
2008 West Bengal 2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 2007 Australian equine 2006 H5N1 India 1976 swine flu
See also
Flu season Influenza evolution Influenza research Influenza-like illness

H5N8 is a subtype of the species Influenza A virus (sometimes called bird flu virus).

A highly pathogenic strain of it called A/turkey/Ireland/1378/83 caused a minor flu outbreak in 1983 in Ireland in turkeys.^[1]^[2]

Sources

^ "Avian influenza A(H5N1)- update 31: Situation (poultry) in Asia: need for a long-term response, comparison with previous outbreaks". Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response. World Health Organization. 2004-03-02. http://www.who.int/csr/don/2004_03_02/en/. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
^ Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare (2006-06-27). "The Definition of Avian Influenza : The use of Vaccination against Avian Influenza" (pdf). European Commission, Health & Consumer Protection Directorate-General. http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scah/out45-final_en.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-04.

Further reading

Walker JA, Kawaoka Y (1993). "Importance of conserved amino acids at the cleavage site of the haemagglutinin of a virulent avian influenza A virus". J. Gen. Virol.. 74 ( Pt 2) (2): 311–4. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-74-2-311. PMID 8429306.

General topics

Research - Vaccine - Treatment - Genome sequencing - Reassortment - Superinfection - Season

Influenza viruses

Orthomyxoviridae - Influenza A - Influenza B - Influenza C

Influenza A virus
subtypes

H1N1 - H1N2 - H2N2 - H2N3 - H3N1 - H3N2 - H3N8 - H5N1 - H5N2 - H5N3 - H5N8 - H5N9 - H7N1 - H7N2 - H7N3 - H7N4 - H7N7 - H9N2 - H10N7

Pandemics	1918 flu pandemic (Spanish flu) - 2009 flu pandemic (Swine flu)

Science	2009 A/H1N1

Outbreaks	Croatia (2005) - India (2006) - UK (2007) - West Bengal (2008)

Science	Genetic structure - Transmission and infection - Global spread - Clinical Trials - Human mortality - Social impact - Pandemic preparation

Antiviral drug	Arbidol - adamantane derivatives (Amantadine, Rimantadine) - neuraminidase inhibitors (Oseltamivir, Laninamivir, Peramivir, Zanamivir) Experimental (Peramivir)

Flu vaccines	FluMist - Fluzone

Influenza epidemics
and pandemics

Pandemics	Russian flu (1889–1890) - Spanish flu - Asian flu - Hong Kong flu - 2009 flu pandemic

Epidemics	Russian flu (1977–1978) - Fujian flu (H3N2)

Non-human

Mammals	Canine influenza - Cat influenza - Equine influenza (2007 Australian outbreak) - Swine influenza

Non-mammals	Avian influenza - Fujian flu (H5N1)

Related

Influenza-like illness

M: VIR

virs(prot)/clss

cutn/syst (hppv/hiva, infl/zost/zoon)/epon

drugJ(dnaa, rnaa, rtva, vacc)