Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2008)

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) in Domestic Poultry and Relationship with Migratory Birds, South Korea

  • Youn-Jeong Lee,
  • Young-Ki Choi,
  • Min-Suk Song,
  • Ok-Mi Jeong,
  • Eun-Kyoung Lee,
  • Woo-Jin Jeon,
  • Wooseog Jeong,
  • Seong-Joon Joh,
  • Kang-seuk Choi,
  • Moon Her,
  • Eun ho Lee,
  • Tak-Gue Oh,
  • Ho-Jin Moon,
  • Dae-Won Yoo,
  • Chul-Joong Kim,
  • Moon-Hee Sung,
  • Haryoung Poo,
  • Jun-Hun Kwon,
  • Jae-Hong Kim,
  • Yong-Joo Kim,
  • Min-Chul Kim,
  • Aeran Kim,
  • Min-Jeong Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1403.070767
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 3
pp. 487 – 490

Abstract

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During the 2006–2007 winter season in South Korea, several outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) were confirmed among domestic poultry and in migratory bird habitats. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all isolates were closely related and that all belong to the A/bar-headed goose/Qinghai/5/2005–like lineage rather than the A/chicken/Korea/ES/2003–like lineage.

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