Index case of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in wild birds, South Korea, November 2023

Andrew Yong Cho; Young-Jae Si; Dong-Yeop Lee; Dong-Ju Kim; Daehun Kim; Hyesung Jeong; Chang-Seon Song; Dong-Hun Lee

doi:10.3389/fvets.2024.1366082

Index case of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in wild birds, South Korea, November 2023

Front Vet Sci. 2024 Apr 18:11:1366082. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1366082. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Andrew Yong Cho^#^{1

2}, Young-Jae Si^#³, Dong-Yeop Lee², Dong-Ju Kim³, Daehun Kim³, Hyesung Jeong³, Chang-Seon Song^{1

4}, Dong-Hun Lee^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Avian Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² Wildlife Health Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
³ Wildlife Disease Research Team, National Institute of Wildlife Disease Control and Prevention, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Konkuk University Zoonotic Disease Research Center, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: H5N1; South Korea; clade 2.3.4.4b; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; waterfowl; wild bird.

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This research was financially supported by a grant from the National Institute of Wildlife Disease Control and Prevention (NIWDC) (grant number 2023-016) and the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea.