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Changes in adaptation of H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 clade 2.3.4.4 viruses in chickens and mallards.
Virology - 1 Dec 2016
DeJesus Eric, Costa-Hurtado Mar, Smith Diane, Lee Dong-Hun, Spackman Erica, Kapczynski Darrell R, Torchetti Mia Kim, Killian Mary L, Suarez David L, Swayne David E, Pantin-Jackwood Mary J
Abstract excerpt
H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses caused a severe poultry outbreak in the United States (U.S.) during 2015. In order to examine changes in adaptation of this viral lineage, the infectivity, pathogenicity and transmission of poultry H5N2 viruses were investigated in chickens and mallards in comparison to the wild duck 2014 U.S. index H5N2 virus. The four poultry isolates examined had a lower...
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