Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2017)

Reassortant Clade 2.3.4.4 Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus in a Wild Mandarin Duck, South Korea, 2016

  • Jung-Hoon Kwon,
  • Dong-Hun Lee,
  • David E. Swayne,
  • Jin-Yong Noh,
  • Seong-Su Yuk,
  • Tseren-Ochir Erdene-Ochir,
  • Woo-Tack Hong,
  • Jei-Hyun Jeong,
  • Sol Jeong,
  • Gyeong-Bin Gwon,
  • Seok Lee,
  • Chang-Seon Song

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.161905
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 5
pp. 822 – 826

Abstract

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A reassortant clade 2.3.4.4 avian influenza A(H5N6) virus was isolated from a fecal sample of a Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) in South Korea during October 2016. This virus was genetically similar to H5N6 subtype virus isolates from China, Vietnam, Laos, and Hong Kong, including human isolates.

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