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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Fan S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4262280 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Influenza and other respiratory viruses 20141101 6
Migrating wild birds are considered natural reservoirs of influenza viruses and serve as a potential source of novel influenza strains in humans and livestock. During routine avian influenza surveillance conducted in eastern China, a novel H5N8 (SH-9) reassortant influenza virus was isolated from a mallard duck in China. blast analysis revealed that the HA, NA, PB1, PA, NP, and M segments of SH-9 were most closely related to the corresponding segments of A/duck/Jiangsu/k1203/2010 (H5N8). The SH- ...[more]