https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/4/16-1866_article
In May 2016, a highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N virus strain caused
deaths among 3 species of wild migratory birds in Qinghai Lake, China.
Genetic analysis showed that the novel reassortant virus belongs to
group B H5N8 viruses and that the reassortment events likely occurred in early 2016.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/2/16-1252_article
The emergence of novel avian influenza viruses in migratory birds is of concern
because of the potential for virus dissemination during fall migration. We report
the identification of novel highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of subtype
H5N8, clade 2.3.4.4, and their reassortment with other avian influenza viruses
in waterfowl and shorebirds of Siberia.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/4/16-1886_article
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N viruses were detected in waterfowl
at 2 zoos in India in October 2016. Both viruses were different 7:1 reassortants
of H5N8 viruses isolated in May 2016 from wild birds in the Russian Federation
and China, suggesting virus spread during southward winter migration of birds.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/4/16-1949_article
In November 2016, an influenza A(H5N outbreak caused deaths of wild birds and
domestic poultry in Germany. Clade 2.3.4.4 virus was closely related to viruses at
the Russia–Mongolia border in 2016 but had new polymerase acidic and nucleoprotein
segments. These new strains may be more efficiently transmitted to and shed by birds.


weitere Artikel mit H5N8 aus 2017 : http://scholar.google.de/
------------------------------------------------------
None of mandarin ducks with H5N8 and H5N1 viruses caused severe clinical signs
and mortality and the gross lesions were only observed in a few tissues of mandarin
ducks; viral replication and shedding were greater in H5N8-infected ducks than in
H5N1-infected ducks.
------------------------------------------------
Efficacy of clade 2.3. 2 H5 commercial vaccines in protecting chickens from
clade 2.3. 4.4 H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza infection
-------------------------------------------
http://link.springer.com/article/10....705-017-3246-z
In the spring of 2016, a loss of wild birds was observed during the monitoring of avian
influenza virus activity in the Republic of Tyva. That outbreak was caused by influenza
H5N8 virus of clade 2.3.4.4. In the fall, viruses of H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4 were propagated
in European countries. This paper presents some results of analysis of the virus strains
isolated during the spring and fall seasons in 2016 in the Russian Federation.
The investigated strains were highly pathogenic for mice, and some of their antigenic
and genetic features differed from those of an H5N8 strain that circulated in 2014 in Russia.
----------------------------------------
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/2/pdfs/16-1963.pdf
H5Nx Panzootic Bird Flu—Influenza’s Newest Worldwide Evolutionary Tour
commentary by Jeffery K. Taubenberger, David M. Morens
-----------------------------------------
NO EVIDENCE OF INFECTION OR EXPOSURE TO HIGHLY PATHOGENIC
AVIAN INFLUENZAS IN PERIDOMESTIC WILDLIFE ON AN AFFECTED POULTRY FACILITY
------------------------------------------
Novel variants of clade 2.3. 2.1 H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in migratory
waterfowl of Hongze Lake
-----------------------------------------
Surveillance for Avian Influenza Virus in Wild Birds in Poland, 2008–2015
---------------------------------------------