Reoccurrence of avian influenza a(H5N2) virus clade 2.3.4.4 in wild birds, Alaska, USA, 2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 365-367

  Lee, Dong Hun ^a   Torchetti, Mia K ^a   Killian, Mary Lea ^a   Deliberto, Thomas J ^a   Swayne, David E ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN; POLYMERASE BASIC 1 PROTEIN; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRAL PROTEIN; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANCESTRY GROUP; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA A (H5N2) VIRUS; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BIOINFORMATICS; CLADISTICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD SPECIES; ALASKA; ANIMAL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N2); VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; GENOTYPE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 85009982939     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2302.161616     Document Type: Letter

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