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Five distinct reassortants of H5N6 highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses affected Japan during the winter of 2016-2017.
Virology - 1 Dec 2017
Takemae Nobuhiro, Tsunekuni Ryota, Sharshov Kirill, Tanikawa Taichiro, Uchida Yuko, Ito Hiroshi, Soda Kosuke, Usui Tatsufumi, Sobolev Ivan, Shestopalov Alexander, Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi, Mine Junki, Ito Toshihiro, Saito Takehiko
Abstract excerpt
To elucidate the evolutionary pathway, we sequenced the entire genomes of 89 H5N6 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) isolated in Japan during winter 2016-2017 and 117 AIV/HPAIVs isolated in Japan and Russia. Phylogenetic analysis showed that at least 5 distinct genotypes of H5N6 HPAIVs affected poultry and wild birds during that period. Japanese H5N6 isolates shared a common genetic ancestor in 6...
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