Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) Isolated from Whooper Swans, Japan

Uchida, Yuko; Mase, Masaji; Yoneda, Kumiko; Kimura, Atsumu; Obara, Tsuyoshi; Kumagai, Seikou; Saito, Takehiko; Yamamoto, Yu; Nakamura, Kikuyasu; Tsukamoto, Kenji; Yamaguchi, Shigeo

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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) Isolated from Whooper Swans, Japan

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Sep 2008
By Uchida, Yuko ; Mase, Masaji ; Yoneda, Kumiko ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Uchida, Yuko ; Mase, Masaji ; Yoneda, Kumiko ; Kimura, Atsumu ; Obara, Tsuyoshi ; Kumagai, Seikou ; Saito, Takehiko ; Yamamoto, Yu ; Nakamura, Kikuyasu ; Tsukamoto, Kenji ; Yamaguchi, Shigeo
Description:

On April 21, 2008, four whooper swans were found dead at Lake Towada, Akita prefecture, Japan. Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of the H5N1 subtype was isolated from specimens of the affected birds. The hemagglutinin (HA) gene of the isolate belongs to clade 2.3.2 in the HA phylogenetic tree.
Subjects:

Animals Anseriformes Dispatch H5N1 Subtype Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype Influenza In Birds Japan Phylogeny
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Emerg Infect Dis. 14(9):1427-1429
Pubmed ID:

18760011
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC2603097
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

14
Issue:

9
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:04cbcc29d8034d8366b87f0fcd2375baa2b55418dabdebd820efca09fa616dcd
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17326/cdc_17326_DS1.pdf
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