Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) isolated from whooper swans, Japan.
On April 21, 2008, four whooper swans were found dead at Lake Towada, Akita prefecture, Japan. Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of the H5N1 subtype was isolated from specimens of the affected birds. The hemagglutinin (HA) gene of the isolate belongs to clade 2.3.2 in the HA phylogenetic tree.
Uchida
Yuko
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National Institute of Animal Health, Kannondai, Japan.
Mase
Masaji
M
Yoneda
Kumiko
K
Kimura
Atsumu
A
Obara
Tsuyoshi
T
Kumagai
Seikou
S
Saito
Takehiko
T
Yamamoto
Yu
Y
Nakamura
Kikuyasu
K
Tsukamoto
Kenji
K
Yamaguchi
Shigeo
S