title: Novel reassortant highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N5) viruses in domestic ducks, China.
abstract: In China, domestic ducks and wild birds often share the same water, in which influenza viruses replicate preferentially. Isolation of 2 novel reassortant highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N5) viruses from apparently healthy domestic ducks highlights the role of these ducks as reassortment vessels. Such new subtypes of influenza viruses may pose a pandemic threat.
authors.affiliation: Yangzhou University College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Wenbo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yongzhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Daxin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Xiaobo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hongquan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Guo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Quangang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qingqing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yanfang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiufan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004372:Ducks; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D051379:Mice; D010802:Phylogeny; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D016865:Reassortant Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid