tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Oct 8;26(12).
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.201201. Online ahead of print.
Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N6) Virus Subclade 2.3.4.4h in Swans, Xinjiang, Western China, 2020
Yanbing Li, Minghui Li, Yulei Li, Jingman Tian, Xiaoli Bai, Cen Yang, Jianzhong Shi, Ridengcaicike Ai, Weidong Chen, Wentao Zhang, Jie Li, Yufei Kong, Yuntao Guan, Hualan Chen
Abstract
In January 2020, the subclade 2.3.4.4h of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N6) virus infected migratory whooper swans and mute swans in Xinjiang, western China. The virus is lethal to chickens and ducks but has low pathogenicity in mice. Antigenically, this subclade is similar to the H5N1 vaccine seed virus Re-11.
Keywords: China; H5N6; antigenicity; bird flu; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; phylogeny; respiratory infections; subclade 2.3.4.4h; swans; virulence; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Oct 8;26(12).
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.201201. Online ahead of print.
Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N6) Virus Subclade 2.3.4.4h in Swans, Xinjiang, Western China, 2020
Yanbing Li, Minghui Li, Yulei Li, Jingman Tian, Xiaoli Bai, Cen Yang, Jianzhong Shi, Ridengcaicike Ai, Weidong Chen, Wentao Zhang, Jie Li, Yufei Kong, Yuntao Guan, Hualan Chen
- PMID: 33030424
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2612.201201
Abstract
In January 2020, the subclade 2.3.4.4h of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N6) virus infected migratory whooper swans and mute swans in Xinjiang, western China. The virus is lethal to chickens and ducks but has low pathogenicity in mice. Antigenically, this subclade is similar to the H5N1 vaccine seed virus Re-11.
Keywords: China; H5N6; antigenicity; bird flu; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; phylogeny; respiratory infections; subclade 2.3.4.4h; swans; virulence; viruses; zoonoses.