Reassortant Clade 2.3.4.4 of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus, Taiwan, 2017

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 1147 - 1149
• Main Authors: Chen, Li-Hsuan, Lee, Dong-Hun, Liu, Yu-Pin, Li, Wan-Chen, Swayne, David E., Chang, Jen-Chieh, Chen, Yen-Ping, Lee, Fan, Tu, Wen-Jane, Lin, Yu-Ju
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.06.2018; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; avian influenza; Birds; clade 2.3.4.4; Distribution; ducks; endemic diseases; Genetic aspects; genetic recombination; Genotype; Genotypes; H5N6; Health aspects; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; History, 21st Century; Humans; Influenza A virus; Influenza A virus - classification; Influenza A virus - genetics; Influenza A virus - pathogenicity; Influenza in Birds - epidemiology; Influenza in Birds - virology; Influenza viruses; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - history; Influenza, Human - virology; Medical research; Methods; microbial detection; mortality; pathogenicity; phylogenetic analysis; Reassortant Viruses; Research Letter; RNA, Viral; Sentinel surveillance; Taiwan; Taiwan - epidemiology; virus transmission; zoonoses; Taiwan; influenza; phylogenetic analysis; viruses; H5N6; Taiwan; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; clade 2.3.4.4; zoonoses
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2406.172071

A highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus of clade 2.3.4.4 was detected in a domestic duck found dead in Taiwan during February 2017. The endemic situation and continued evolution of various reassortant highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in Taiwan warrant concern about further reassortment and a fifth wave of intercontinental spread.