1. Reassortment of Influenza A Viruses in Wild Birds in Alaska before H5 Clade 2.3.4.4 Outbreaks.
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Hill, Nichola J, Hussein, Islam TM, Davis, Kimberly R, Ma, Eric J, Spivey, Timothy J, Ramey, Andrew M, Puryear, Wendy Blay, Das, Suman R, Halpin, Rebecca A, Lin, Xudong, Fedorova, Nadia B, Suarez, David L, Boyce, Walter M, and Runstadler, Jonathan A
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Animals ,Animals ,Wild ,Ducks ,Reassortant Viruses ,Disease Outbreaks ,Influenza in Birds ,Epidemiological Monitoring ,Alaska ,H5 clade 2.3.4.4 ,agricultural biosecurity ,avian ,bird migration ,ducks ,genetic reassortment ,infectious diseases ,influenza A virus ,mallards ,poultry ,spillover transmission ,viruses ,wild birds ,zoonoses ,Wild ,Clinical Sciences ,Medical Microbiology ,Public Health and Health Services ,Microbiology - Abstract
Sampling of mallards in Alaska during September 2014-April 2015 identified low pathogenic avian influenza A virus (subtypes H5N2 and H1N1) that shared ancestry with highly pathogenic reassortant H5N2 and H5N1 viruses. Molecular dating indicated reassortment soon after interhemispheric movement of H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4, suggesting genetic exchange in Alaska or surrounds before outbreaks.
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- 2017