H6N2 reassortant avian influenza virus isolate in wild birds in Jiangxi Province, China.
Virus Genes
; 60(3): 320-324, 2024 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-38722491
ABSTRACT
H6 avian influenza virus is widely prevalent in wild birds and poultry and has caused human infection in 2013 in Taiwan, China. During our active influenza surveillance program in wild waterfowl at Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, an H6N2 AIV was isolated and named A/bean goose/JiangXi/452-4/2013(H6N2). The isolate was characterized as a typical low pathogenic avian influenza virus (LPAIV) due to the presence of the amino acid sequence PQIETR↓GLFGAI at the cleavage site of the hemagglutinin (HA) protein. The genetic evolution analysis revealed that the NA gene of the isolate originated from North America and exhibited the highest nucleotide identity (99.29%) with a virus recovered from wild bird samples in North America, specifically A/bufflehead/California/4935/2012(H11N2). Additionally, while the HA and PB1 genes belonged to the Eurasian lineage, they displayed frequent genetic interactions with the North American lineage. The remaining genes showed close genetic relationships with Eurasian viruses. The H6N2 isolate possessed a complex genome, indicating it is a multi-gene recombinant virus with genetic material from both Eurasian and North American lineages.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Influenza A virus
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Phylogeny
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Reassortant Viruses
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Influenza in Birds
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Animals, Wild
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Virus Genes
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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VIROLOGIA
Year:
2024
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China