An outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Korea, 2008

Hye Ryoung Kim, Choi Kyu Park, Youn Jeong Lee, Gye Hyeong Woo, Kyoung Ki Lee, Jae Ku Oem, Seong Hee Kim, Young Hwa Jean, Yu Chan Bae, Soon Seek Yoon, In Soon Roh, Ok Mi Jeong, Ha Young Kim, Jeong Soo Choi, Jae Won Byun, Yun Kyung Song, Jun Hun Kwon, Yi Seok Joo

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Abstract

In spite of intensive surveillance programs for the control of HPAI, an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in Korea in April 2008 caused serious damage to poultry farms, as did previous outbreaks in 2003/2004 and 2006/2007. Six viruses were selected from the Korean 2008 isolates for genetic analysis, and all eight gene segments from each of the influenza viruses were sequenced. A phylogenetic analysis showed that all of the viruses were of the same virus type and that the hemagglutinin (HA) gene was clustered with that of clade 2.3.2 viruses. However, the internal and neuraminidase (NA) genes were closely related to those of the clade 2.3.4 viruses (recent human and bird isolates from Southeast Asia). Crown

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)362-366
Number of pages5
JournalVeterinary Microbiology
Volume141
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Mar 2010

Keywords

  • 2.3.2 Clade
  • H5N1
  • HPAI
  • Influenza A virus

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