Abstract
In China, domestic ducks and wild birds often share the same water, in which influenza viruses replicate preferentially. Isolation of 2 novel reassortant highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N5) viruses from apparently healthy domestic ducks highlights the role of these ducks as reassortment vessels. Such new subtypes of influenza viruses may pose a pandemic threat.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Cell Line
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China / epidemiology
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Ducks
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Genome, Viral / genetics
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Influenza A virus / classification
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Influenza A virus / genetics*
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Influenza A virus / isolation & purification
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Influenza in Birds / epidemiology*
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Influenza in Birds / pathology
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Influenza in Birds / virology*
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Mice
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Phylogeny
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Poultry Diseases / epidemiology*
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Poultry Diseases / virology
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Reassortant Viruses / classification
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Reassortant Viruses / genetics*
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Reassortant Viruses / isolation & purification
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Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid