Volume 17, Number 6—June 2011
Dispatch
Novel Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N5) Viruses in Domestic Ducks, China
Table 2
Gene segment | Closest viruses in GenBank |
Closest viruses isolated during surveillance, China, December 2008–January 2009 |
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Strain | Nucleotide identity, % | Strain | Nucleotide identity, % | ||
PB2 |
008 | A/duck/Guangxi/xa/2001 (H5N1) |
96.0 | 108 | 100 |
031 |
95.9 |
909 |
99.8 |
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PB1 |
008 | A/duck/Hokkaido/Vac-1/04 (H5N1) |
97.2 | 031 | 99.5 |
031 |
97.1 |
909 |
99.7 |
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PA |
008 | A/chicken/Hunan/8/2008 (H5N1) | 98.1 | 013 | 99.7 |
031 |
A/wild duck/Hunan/021/2005 (H5N1) |
98.0 |
108 |
99.5 |
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HA |
008 | A/wild duck/Hunan/211/2005 (H5N1) |
97.7 | 108 | 99.9 |
031 |
97.8 |
008 and108 |
99.4 |
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NP |
008 | A/chicken/Jilin/hk/2004 (H5N1) |
96.1 | 108 | 99.8 |
031 |
96.5 |
108 |
99.6 |
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NA |
008 | A/mallard/Switzerland/WV4060167/2006 (H3N5) |
95.8 |
031 | 99.2 |
031 |
008 |
99.2 |
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M |
008 | A/China/GD01/2006 (H5N1) |
99.1 |
031 and 909 | 99.8 |
031 |
909 |
100 |
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NS | 008 | A/wild duck/Hunan/021/2005 (H5N1) | 97.9 | 108 | 99.5 |
031 | 98.2 | 909 | 99.9 |
*PB, polybasic protein; 008, A/duck/eastern China/008/2008(H5N5); 108, A/duck/eastern China/108/2008(H5N1); 031, A/duck/eastern China/031/2009(H5N5); 909, A/duck/eastern China/909/2009(H5N1); 013, A/duck/Yangzhou/013/2008(H6N5); PA, polymerase acidic protein; HA, hemagglutinin; NP, nucelocapsid protein; NA, neuraminidase; M, matrix protein; NS, nonstructural protein.
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