Novel Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus in Wild Birds, South Korea, 2023

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 1285 - 1288
• Main Authors: Cho, Andrew Yong, Si, Young-Jae, Kim, Dong-Ju, Seo, Ye-Ram, Lee, Dong-Yeop, Kim, Daehun, Lee, Dongbin, Son, Yaemoon, Jeong, Hyesung, Song, Chang-Seon, Lee, Dong-Hun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.06.2024; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Wild - virology; Aquatic birds; Avian flu; Avian influenza; avian influenza virus; Bird migration; Birds - virology; clade 2.3.4.4; Diagnosis; Disease control; Disease prevention; Epidemiology; Evolution; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genomes; genomic surveillance; Glycoproteins; H5N6; Health aspects; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; History, 21st Century; Humans; Infections; Influenza A virus - classification; Influenza A virus - genetics; Influenza in Birds - epidemiology; Influenza in Birds - virology; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Methods; Neuraminidase - genetics; Pathogens; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Poultry; Public health; Reassortant Viruses - genetics; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Sentinel health events; Surveillance; Vaccines; Viruses; wild bird; Zoonoses; Republic of Korea; South Korea; China; Japan; influenza; viruses; H5N6; avian influenza virus; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; clade 2.3.4.4; zoonoses; wild bird; genomic surveillance
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid3006.240192

We isolated novel reassortant avian influenza A(H5N6) viruses containing genes from clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 virus and low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses in carcasses of whooper swans and bean geese in South Korea during December 2023. Neuraminidase gene was from a clade 2.3.4.4b H5N6 virus infecting poultry and humans in China.