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SUBMITTER: Hou G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5289683 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hou Guangyu G Li Jinping J Peng Cheng C Wang Suchun S Chen Jiming J Jiang Wenming W
Genome announcements 20170202 5
Here, we report the complete genome sequence of an H6N8 avian influenza virus (AIV) isolated from wild waterfowl in Poyang Lake, China, in 2016. Phylogenetic analysis showed that it was a novel reassortant AIV between domestic ducks and wild waterfowl. The finding of this study is helpful for our understanding of the ecology and the evolutionary characteristics of H6 subtypes of AIV in birds. ...[more]