Novel H5N6 reassortants bearing the clade 2.3.4.4b HA gene of H5N8 virus have been detected in poultry and caused multiple human infections in China

Novel H5N6 reassortants bearing the clade 2.3.4.4b HA gene of H5N8 virus have been detected in poultry and caused multiple human infections in China

The globally circulating H5N8 avian influenza viruses bearing the clade 2.3.4.4b hemagglutinin (HA) gene are responsible for the loss of more than 33 million domestic poultry since January 2020. Moreover, the H5N8 viruses have reassorted with other avian influenza viruses and formed H5N1, H5N2, H5N3...

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Main Authors: Wenli Gu, Jianzhong Shi, Pengfei Cui, Cheng Yan, Yaping Zhang, Congcong Wang, Yuancheng Zhang, Xin Xing, Xianying Zeng, Liling Liu, Guobin Tian, Yasuo Suzuki, Chengjun Li, Guohua Deng, Hualan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
Subjects:
Avian influenza virus
H5N6
clade2.3.4.4b
evolution
pathogenicity
receptor-binding properties
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2022.2063076

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