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. 2017 May;23(5):822-826.
doi: 10.3201/eid2305.161905. Epub 2017 May 15.

Reassortant Clade 2.3.4.4 Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus in a Wild Mandarin Duck, South Korea, 2016

Jung-Hoon Kwon, Dong-Hun Lee, David E Swayne, Jin-Yong Noh, Seong-Su Yuk, Tseren-Ochir Erdene-Ochir, Woo-Tack Hong, Jei-Hyun Jeong, Sol Jeong, Gyeong-Bin Gwon, Seok Lee, Chang-Seon Song

Reassortant Clade 2.3.4.4 Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus in a Wild Mandarin Duck, South Korea, 2016

Jung-Hoon Kwon et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 May.

Abstract

A reassortant clade 2.3.4.4 avian influenza A(H5N6) virus was isolated from a fecal sample of a Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) in South Korea during October 2016. This virus was genetically similar to H5N6 subtype virus isolates from China, Vietnam, Laos, and Hong Kong, including human isolates.

Keywords: Aix galericulata; H5N6 subtype; HPAIV; South Korea; clade 2.3.4.4; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; influenza; influenza virus; mandarin duck; reassortant; respiratory infections; viruses; wild birds; zoonoses.

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