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

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 reassor...