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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Jeong S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7761861 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Viruses 20201204 12
In October 2020, a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N8 virus was identified from a fecal sample of a wild mandarin duck (<i>Aix galericulata</i>) in South Korea. We sequenced all eight genome segments of the virus, designated as A/Mandarin duck/Korea/K20-551-4/2020(H5N8), and conducted genetic characterization and comparative phylogenetic analysis to track its origin. Genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis show that the hemagglutinin gene belongs to H5 clade 2.3.4.4 subgro ...[more]