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Table 1 Outbreaks in poultry of subtype H7 avian influenza viruses of low (LP) and high (HP) pathogenicity in Europe, 1999–2016 [20]

From: Real-time reverse transcription PCR-based sequencing-independent pathotyping of Eurasian avian influenza A viruses of subtype H7

Year

Country

Subtype

Pathotype

Number of infected holdings

1999–2000

Italy

H7N1

HP

1

2003

Netherland

H7N7

HP

255

2008

United Kingdom

H7N7

HP

1

2009

Germany

H7N7

LP

1

2009/2010

Spain

H7N7

LP/ HP

1/1a

2011

Germany

H7N7

LP

23

2013

Denmark

H7N7

LP

1

2013

Italy

H7N7

HP

6

2015

United Kingdom

H7N7

LP/ HP

1/1

2015

Germany

H7N7

LP/ HP

1/1

2015

Netherland

H7N7

LP

2

2016

Denmark

H7N7

LP

1

2016

Italy

H7N7

HP

2

  1. a Slash indicates that a matching pair of LP precursor and HP mutant viruses had been detected