title: Characterization of H3N6 avian influenza virus isolated from a wild white pelican in Zambia.
abstract: We characterized an influenza virus isolated from a great white pelican in Zambia. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all of its gene segments belonged to the Eurasian lineage and that they appear to have evolved in distinct geographical regions in Europe, Asia, and Africa, suggesting reassortment of virus genes maintained in wild aquatic birds whose flyways overlap across these continents. It is notable that this virus might possess some genes of the same origin as those of highly pathogenic H7 and H5 viruses isolated in Eurasia. The present study underscores the need for continued monitoring of avian influenza viruses in Eurasia and Africa.
authors: Department of Global Epidemiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Kita-20, Nishi-10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 001-0020, Japan.
authors: Edgar
authors: E
authors: Simulundu
authors: Aaron S
authors: AS
authors: Mweene
authors: Daisuke
authors: D
authors: Tomabechi
authors: Bernard M
authors: BM
authors: Hang'ombe
authors: Akihiro
authors: A
authors: Ishii
authors: Yuka
authors: Y
authors: Suzuki
authors: Ichiro
authors: I
authors: Nakamura
authors: Hirofumi
authors: H
authors: Sawa
authors: Chihiro
authors: C
authors: Sugimoto
authors: Kimihito
authors: K
authors: Ito
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Kida
authors: Lewis
authors: L
authors: Saiwana
authors: Ayato
authors: A
authors: Takada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D016865:Reassortant Viruses / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012703:Serotyping; D053833:Wetlands; D015024:Zambia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral