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. 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

Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (H5N2) Viruses, Dominican Republic

David H Chung et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec.

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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Relaxed clock molecular phylogenetic tree for hemagglutinin gene of low pathogenicity avian influenza (H5N2) viruses, Dominican Republic. The phylogenetic relationships and temporal evolutionary history have been estimated by molecular clock analysis. Red text indicates the monophyletic Dominican Republic influenza H5N2 viruses. Node bars indicate 95% credibility intervals on node ages. Scale bar shows time in years.
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