Volume 20, Number 8—August 2014
Dispatch
Novel Reassortant Influenza A(H5N8) Viruses in Domestic Ducks, Eastern China
Haibo Wu, Xiaorong Peng, Lihua Xu, Changzhong Jin, Linfang Cheng, Xiangyun Lu, Tiansheng Xie, Hangping Yao, and Nanping Wu
Table 1
Sequence homology of whole genome of influenza A(H5N8) A/duck/Zhejiang/W24/2013 virus isolated from domestic ducks, eastern China, 2013, compared with nucleotide sequences available in GenBank*
| Gene | Virus with the highest percentage of nucleotide identity | GenBank accession no. | Homology, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| PB2 | A/breeder duck/Korea/Gochang1/2014 (H5N8) | KJ413831 | 99 |
| A/environment/Jiangxi/28/2009 (H11N9) | KC881295 | 98 | |
| PB1 | A/breeder duck/Korea/Gochang1/2014 (H5N8) | KJ413832 | 99 |
| A/duck/Jiangsu/k1203/2010 (H5N8) | JQ973692 | 99 | |
| PA | A/breeder duck/Korea/Gochang1/2014 (H5N8) | KJ413833 | 99 |
| A/duck/Jiangsu/k1203/2010 (H5N8) | JQ973693 | 99 | |
| HA | A/breeder duck/Korea/Gochang1/2014 (H5N8) | KJ413834 | 99 |
| A/duck/Jiangsu/k1203/2010 (H5N8) | JQ973694 | 99 | |
| NP | A/breeder duck/Korea/Gochang1/2014 (H5N8) | KJ413835 | 99 |
| A/duck/Jiangsu/k1203/2010 (H5N8) | JQ973695 | 99 | |
| NA | A/breeder duck/Korea/Gochang1/2014 (H5N8) | KJ413836 | 99 |
| A/duck/Jiangsu/k1203/2010 (H5N8) | JQ973696 | 99 | |
| M | A/breeder duck/Korea/Gochang1/2014 (H5N8) | KJ413837 | 99 |
| A/duck/Jiangsu/k1203/2010 (H5N8) | JQ973697 | 99 | |
| NS | A/breeder duck/Korea/Gochang1/2014 (H5N8) | KJ413838 | 99 |
| A/duck/Hunan/8–19/2009 (H4N2) | HQ285890 | 99 |
*PB2, basic polymerase 2; PB1, basic polymerase 1; PA, acidic polymerase; HA, hemagglutinin; NP, nucleoprotein; NA, neuraminidase; M, matrix; NS, nonstructural protein.
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