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Emerg Infect Dis . Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (H5N2) Viruses, Dominican Republic

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis


. 2020 Dec;26(12):3094-3096.
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.200268.
Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (H5N2) Viruses, Dominican Republic

David H Chung, Dejelia R Gomez, Julia M Vargas, Belkis L Amador, Mia K Torchetti, Mary L Killian, David E Swayne, Dong-Hun Lee

Abstract

Low pathogenicity avian influenza (H5N2) virus was detected in poultry in the Dominican Republic in 2007 and re-emerged in 2017. Whole-genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis show introduction of an H5N2 virus lineage from Mexico into poultry in the Dominican Republic, then divergence into 3 distinct genetic subgroups during 2007-2019.

Keywords: Dominican Republic; H5N2; epidemiology; influenza; low pathogenicity avian influenza virus; phylogenetic analysis; poultry; respiratory infections; vector-borne infections; viruses; wild bird; zoonoses.
 
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