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Volume 21, Number 4—April 2015
Dispatch

Influenza A(H10N7) Virus in Dead Harbor Seals, Denmark

Jesper S. KrogComments to Author , Mette S. Hansen, Elisabeth Holm, Charlotte K. Hjulsager, Mariann Chriél, Karl Pedersen, Lars O. Andresen, Morten Abildstrøm, Trine H. Jensen, and Lars E. Larsen
Author affiliations: Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark (J.S. Krog, M.S. Hansen, E. Holm, C.K. Hjulsager, M. Chriél, K. Pedersen, L.O. Andresen, L.E. Larsen); Anholt Gartneri & Naturpleje, Anholt, Denmark (M. Abildstrøm); Aalborg Zoo/Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark (T.H. Jensen)

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Phylogenetic trees of selected avian influenza A virus sequences. Boldface indicates sequences identified from harbor seals in Denmark during 2014. A) H10 avian influenza A virus sequences. The asterisk denotes the H10N7 subtype that also caused disease in humans (9). B) N7 avian influenza A virus sequences. Sequences were aligned with CLC Main Workbench version 7.02 (CLC bio, Aarhus, Denmark) by using the MUSCLE algorithm, and phylogenetic trees were constructed by using the neighbor-joining me

Figure 2. Phylogenetic trees of selected avian influenza A virus sequences. Boldface indicates sequences identified from harbor seals in Denmark during 2014. A) H10 avian influenza A virus sequences. The asterisk denotes the H10N7 subtype that also caused disease in humans (9). B) N7 avian influenza A virus sequences. Sequences were aligned with CLC Main Workbench version 7.02 (CLC bio, Aarhus, Denmark) by using the MUSCLE algorithm, and phylogenetic trees were constructed by using the neighbor-joining method with 1,000 bootstrap replicates. Only bootstrap values >75% are shown. Scale bars indicate mutations per site.

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