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Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016
Dispatch

Genetically Different Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses in West Africa, 2015

Luca Tassoni, Alice Fusaro, Adelaide Milani, Philippe Lemey, Joseph Adongo Awuni, Victoria Bernice Sedor, Otilia Dogbey, Abraham Nii Okai Commey, Clement Meseko, Tony Joannis, Germaine Minoungou, Lassina Ouattara, Abdoul Malick Haido, Diarra Cisse-Aman, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Gwenaelle Dauphin, Giovanni Cattoli, and Isabella MonneComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy (L. Tassoni, A. Fusaro, A. Milani, I. Monne); University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (P. Lemey); Veterinary Services Directorate of Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Accra, Ghana (J. Adongo Awuni, V.B. Sedor, O. Dogbey, A.N.O. Commey); National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria (C. Meseko, T. Joannis); Laboratoire National d’Elevage, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (G. Minoungou); Ministère des Ressources Animales, Ouagadougou (L. Ouattara); Direction de la Santé Animale, Niamey, Niger (A.M. Haido); Ministère des Ressources Animales et Halieutiques, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (D. Cisse-Aman); Laboratoire Central de Pathologie Animale, Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire (E. Couacy-Hymann); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy (G. Dauphin); International Atomic Energy Agency, Seibersdorf, Austria (G. Cattoli)

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Table

Epidemiologic information for sequenced samples from poultry and wild birds positive for influenza A(H5N1) virus, West Africa*

Name Sequenced
genome Collection date Country, location DB Accession nos.
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR5480-3/2015 Complete 2015 Jul 28 Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971453–60
A/partridge/Ghana/15VIR5480-5/2015 Complete 2015 Jul 27 Ghana; Greater Accra GB KU971461–68
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR5480-7/2015 Complete 2015 Jul 28 Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971469–76
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR5480-10/2015 Complete 2015 Aug 7 Ghana GB KU971397–04
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR5480-12/2015 Complete 2015 Jul 27 Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971405–12
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR5480-14/2015 Complete 2015 Aug 7 Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971413–20
A/duck/Ghana/15VIR5480-16/2015 Complete 2015 Jul 27 Ghana, Greater Accra GS EPI687323; EPI719449–55
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR5480-18/2015 Complete 2015 Aug 7 Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971421–28
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR5480-22/2015 Complete 2015 Aug 7 Ghana, Greater Accra GS EPI687324; EPI719911–17
A/duck/Ghana/15VIR5480–24/2015 Complete 2015 Jull 27 Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971429–36
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR5480-26/2015 Complete 2015 Aug 7 Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971437–44
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR5480-27/2015 Complete 2015 Aug 7 Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971445–52
A/chicken/Niger/15VIR2060-1/2015 Complete 2015 Apr 2 Niger, Maradi GB KU971301–08
A/chicken/Niger/15VIR2060-12/2015 Complete 2015 Apr 2 Niger, Maradi GB KU971309–16
A/chicken/Niger/15VIR2060-14/2015 Complete 2015 Apr 2 Niger, Maradi GB KU971317–24
A/chicken/Niger/15VIR2060-15/2015 HA 2015 Apr 2 Niger, Maradi GB KU971325
A/chicken/Niger/15VIR2060-5/2015 Complete 2015 Apr 2 Niger, Maradi GB KU971326–33
A/chicken/Niger/15VIR2060-6/2015 Complete 2015 Apr 2 Niger, Maradi GB KU971334–40
A/chicken/Niger/15VIR2060-7/2015 Complete 2015 Apr 2 Niger, Maradi GB KU971341–48
A/chicken/Niger/15VIR2060-8/2015 Complete 2015 Apr 2 Niger, Maradi GB KU971349–56
A/chicken/Ivory_Coast/15VIR2742-5/2015 Partial 2015 Apr 30 Côte d’Ivoire, Bouaké-Quartier Broukro GB KU971578–84
A/turtledove/Ivory_Coast/15VIR2742-7/2015 Complete 2015 Apr 30 Côte d’Ivoire, Bouaké-Quartier Broukro GB KU971585–92
A/duck/Ivory_Coast/15VIR2742-2/2015 Complete 2015 Apr 13 Côte d’Ivoire, Bouaké-Quartier Koko GB KU971562–69
A/chicken/Ivory_Coast/15VIR2742-3/2015 Complete 2015 Apr 13 Côte d’Ivoire, Bouaké-Quartier Koko GB KU971570–77
A/chicken/Burkina_Faso/15VIR1774-1/2015 Partial 2015 Mar 12 Burkina Faso, CPAVI in Ouagadougou GB KU971477–83
A/chicken/Burkina_Faso/15VIR1774-2/2015 Complete 2015 Mar 12 Burkina Faso, CPAVI in Ouagadougou GB KU971484–91
A/domestic_bird/Burkina_Faso/15VIR1774-22/2015 Complete 2015 Mar 10 Burkina Faso, Sanguiè Province GB KU971492–99
A/domestic_bird/Burkina_Faso/15VIR1774-23/2015 Complete 2015 Mar 10 Burkina Faso, Sanguiè Province GB KU971500–07
A/domestic_bird/Burkina_Faso/15VIR1774-24/2015 Complete 2015 Mar 10 Burkina Faso, Sanguiè Province GB KU971508–15
A/domestic_bird/Burkina_Faso/15VIR1774-25/2015 Complete 2015 Mar 10 Burkina Faso, Sanguiè Province GB KU971516–23
A/chicken/Burkina_Faso/15VIR1774-33/2015 Complete 2015 Mar 23 Burkina Faso, Koubri GB KU971524–31
A/chicken/Burkina Faso/15VIR1774-35/2015 Complete 2015 Mar 23 Burkina Faso, Koubri GS EPI584232; EPI719904–10
A/chicken/Burkina_Faso/15VIR1774-36/2015 Complete 2015 Mar 23 Burkina Faso, Koubri GB KU971532–39
A/chicken/Burkina_Faso/15VIR1774-37/2015 Complete 2015 Mar 12 Burkina Faso, CPAVI in Ouagadougou GB KU971540–47
A/chicken/Burkina_Faso/15VIR1774-38/2015 Partial 2015 Mar 12 Burkina Faso, CPAVI in Ouagadougou GB KU971548–53
A/chicken/Burkina_Faso/15VIR1774-4/2015 Complete 2015 Mar 12 Burkina Faso, CPAVI in Ouagadougou GB KU971554–61
A/chicken/Nigeria/15VIR339-1/2015 Complete 2015 Jan 2 Nigeria, Lagos State GB KU971593–00
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR2588-10/2015 Complete 2015 May 8 Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971357–64
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR2588-11/2015 Complete 2015 May 4 Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971365–72
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR2588-4/2015 Complete 2015 May Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971373–80
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR2588-5/2015 Complete 2015 May Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971381–88
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR2588-8/2015 Complete 2015 May 8 Ghana, Greater Accra GB KU971389–96
A/chicken/Ghana/15VIR2588-9/2015 Complete 2015 May 4 Ghana, Greater Accra GS EPI632942; EPI719456–62

*CPAVI, Centre de Promotion de l’Aviculture Villageoise; DB, database; GB, GenBank; GS, The Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data; HA, hemagglutinin.

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