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Editor, Senior Moderator
Euro Surveill. 2018 Feb;23(7). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.7.18-00045.
[h=1]Pathogenicity and genetic characterisation of a novel reassortant, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N6 virus isolated in Korea, 2017.[/h] Kim YI[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Si YJ[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kwon HI[SUP]2[/SUP], Kim EH[SUP]2[/SUP], Park SJ[SUP]2[/SUP], Robles NJ[SUP]2[/SUP], Nguyen HD[SUP]2[/SUP], Yu MA[SUP]2[/SUP], Yu KM[SUP]2[/SUP], Lee YJ[SUP]3[/SUP], Lee MH[SUP]3[/SUP], Choi YK[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] We investigated influenza A(H5N6) viruses from migratory birds in Chungnam and Gyeonggi Provinces, South Korea following a reported die-off of poultry in nearby provinces in November 2017. Genetic analysis and virulence studies in chickens and ducks identified our isolate from December 2017 as a novel highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. It resulted from reassortment between the highly virulent H5N8 strain from Korea with the N6 gene from a low-pathogenic H3N6 virus from the Netherlands.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H5N6; Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI); Influenza A virus; Reassortant; South Korea; Virulence
PMID: 29463346 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.7.18-00045
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[h=1]Pathogenicity and genetic characterisation of a novel reassortant, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N6 virus isolated in Korea, 2017.[/h] Kim YI[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Si YJ[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kwon HI[SUP]2[/SUP], Kim EH[SUP]2[/SUP], Park SJ[SUP]2[/SUP], Robles NJ[SUP]2[/SUP], Nguyen HD[SUP]2[/SUP], Yu MA[SUP]2[/SUP], Yu KM[SUP]2[/SUP], Lee YJ[SUP]3[/SUP], Lee MH[SUP]3[/SUP], Choi YK[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] We investigated influenza A(H5N6) viruses from migratory birds in Chungnam and Gyeonggi Provinces, South Korea following a reported die-off of poultry in nearby provinces in November 2017. Genetic analysis and virulence studies in chickens and ducks identified our isolate from December 2017 as a novel highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. It resulted from reassortment between the highly virulent H5N8 strain from Korea with the N6 gene from a low-pathogenic H3N6 virus from the Netherlands.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H5N6; Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI); Influenza A virus; Reassortant; South Korea; Virulence
PMID: 29463346 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.7.18-00045
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