Five distinct reassortants of H5N6 highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses affected Japan during the winter of 2016–2017

Virology

Volumn 512, Issue , 2017, Pages 8-20

  Takemae, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Tsunekuni, Ryota ^a,b   Sharshov, Kirill ^c   Tanikawa, Taichiro ^a,b   Uchida, Yuko ^a,b   Ito, Hiroshi ^d   Soda, Kosuke ^d   Usui, Tatsufumi ^d   Sobolev, Ivan ^c   Shestopalov, Alexander ^c   Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi ^d   Mine, Junki ^a,b   Ito, Toshihiro ^d   Saito, Takehiko ^a,b,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Department of Fisheries   (Thailand)

^c Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine   (Russian Federation)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clade 2.3.4.4; H5N6; Highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses; Poultry; Wild bird

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CLADISTICS; GENOTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N6); JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; WINTER; ANIMAL; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GENETIC VARIATION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; REASSORTANT VIRUSES;

EID: 85029178148     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2017.08.035     Document Type: Article

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