Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2021)

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Clade 2.3.4.4 Subtype H5N6 Viruses Isolated from Wild Whooper Swans, Mongolia, 2020

  • Sol Jeong,
  • Nyamsuren Otgontogtokh,
  • Dong-Hun Lee,
  • Bayarmagnai Davganyam,
  • Sun-Hak Lee,
  • Andrew Y. Cho,
  • Erdene-Ochir Tseren-Ochir,
  • Chang-Seon Song

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.203859
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 4
pp. 1181 – 1183

Abstract

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We identified clade 2.3.4.4 highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) viruses from whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) found dead in Mongolia. The identification of these infections in wild birds in this area is of concern because of the potential for virus dissemination during fall migration.

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