Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N6) Virus Subclade 2.3.4.4h in Swans, Xinjiang, Western China, 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Li, Yanbing ; Li, Minghui ; Li, Yulei ; Tian, Jingman ; Bai, Xiaoli ; Yang, Cen ; Shi, Jianzhong ; Ai, Ridengcaicike ; Chen, Weidong ; Zhang, Wentao ; Li, Jie ; Kong, Yufei ; Guan, Yuntao ; Chen, Hualan
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Chickens Disease Outbreaks Ducks Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype Influenza In Birds Mice Phylogeny
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(12):2956-2960
• Pubmed ID:
  33030424
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7706961
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:016c112d270074dbb7cbd99fe810553d614c30e7b1b20de8f32ff009ab0c523e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/98429/cdc_98429_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.96 MB ]