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Phylogenetic tracing and biological characterization of a novel clade 2.3.2.1 reassortant of H5N6 subtype avian influenza virus in China.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Mar 2021
Ge Zhichuang, Gu Min, Cai Tianyu, Liu Kaituo, Gao Ruyi, Liu Dong, Sun Wenqiang, Li Xiuli, Shi Lei, Liu Jiao, Wang Xiaoquan, Hu Jiao, Liu Xiaowen, Hu Shunlin, Chen Sujuan, Peng Daxin, Jiao Xinan, Liu Xiufan
Abstract excerpt
In recent years in China, clade 2.3.4.4 H5N6 plus clade 2.3.2.1 H5N1 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses have gradually become endemic in poultry, and their co-circulation could inevitably facilitate the gene reassortment between each other. During our routine surveillance in live poultry markets (LPMs) in eastern China in 2017-2018, a novel reassortant H5N6 strain with the HA gene derived...
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