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Curr Microbiol . Reassortant Highly Pathogenic H5N6 Avian Influenza Virus Containing Low Pathogenic Viral Genes in a Local Live Poultry Market, Vie

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Curr Microbiol


. 2021 Sep 21.
doi: 10.1007/s00284-021-02661-z. Online ahead of print.
Reassortant Highly Pathogenic H5N6 Avian Influenza Virus Containing Low Pathogenic Viral Genes in a Local Live Poultry Market, Vietnam


Tran Bac Le[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Van Phan Le[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ji-Eun Lee[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Jung-Ah Kang[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Thi Bich Ngoc Trinh[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Hyeok Won Lee[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Dae Gwin Jeong[SUP] 5 6 [/SUP], Sun-Woo Yoon[SUP] 7 8 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Sites of live poultry trade and marketing are hot spots for avian influenza virus (AIV) transmission. We conducted active surveillance at a local live poultry market (LPM) in northern Vietnamese provinces in December 2016. Feces samples from the market were collected and tested for AIV. A new reassorted AIV strain was isolated from female chickens, named A/chicken/Vietnam/AI-1606/2016 (H5N6), and was found to belong to group C of clade 2.3.4.4 H5N6 highly pathogenic (HP) AIVs. The neuraminidase gene belongs to the reassortant B type. The viral genome also contained polymerase basic 2 and polymerase acidic, which were most closely related to domestic-duck-origin low pathogenic AIVs in Japan (H3N8) and Mongolia (H4N6). The other six genes were most closely related to poultry-origin H5N6 HP AIVs in Vietnam and had over 97% sequence identity with human AIV isolate A/Guangzhou/39715/2014 (H5N6). The new reassorted AIV isolate A/chicken/Vietnam/AI-1606/2016 (H5N6) identified in this study exemplifies AIVs reassortment and evolution through contact among wild birds, poultry farms, and LPMs. Therefore, active surveillance of AIVs is necessary to prevent potential threats to human and animal health.
 
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