New Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1), China (Emerg Infect Dis., abstract, edited)
[Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full text: <cite cite="http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/17/2/265.htm">New Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1), China | CDC EID</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Volume 17, Number 2?February 2011
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New Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) in Wild Birds, Qinghai, China
Yanbing Li,1 Liling Liu,1 Yi Zhang, Zhenhua Duan, Guobin Tian, Xianying Zeng, Jianzhong Shi, Licheng Zhang, and Hualan Chen
Author affiliations: Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Harbin, People's Republic of China (Y. Li, L. Liu, Y. Zhang, Z. Duan, G. Tian, X. Zeng, J. Shi, H. Chen); and Qinghai Provincial Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Xining, People's Republic of China (L. Zhang)
Abstract
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) (QH09) was isolated from dead wild birds (3 species) in Qinghai, China, during May?June 2009. Phylogenetic and antigenic analyses showed that QH09 was clearly distinguishable from classical clade 2.2 viruses and belonged to clade 2.3.2.
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[Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full text: <cite cite="http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/17/2/265.htm">New Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1), China | CDC EID</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Volume 17, Number 2?February 2011
Dispatch
New Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) in Wild Birds, Qinghai, China
Yanbing Li,1 Liling Liu,1 Yi Zhang, Zhenhua Duan, Guobin Tian, Xianying Zeng, Jianzhong Shi, Licheng Zhang, and Hualan Chen
Author affiliations: Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Harbin, People's Republic of China (Y. Li, L. Liu, Y. Zhang, Z. Duan, G. Tian, X. Zeng, J. Shi, H. Chen); and Qinghai Provincial Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Xining, People's Republic of China (L. Zhang)
Abstract
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) (QH09) was isolated from dead wild birds (3 species) in Qinghai, China, during May?June 2009. Phylogenetic and antigenic analyses showed that QH09 was clearly distinguishable from classical clade 2.2 viruses and belonged to clade 2.3.2.
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