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Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
Dispatch

Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Influenza A(H5N6) Virus in Laos

Frank Y.K. WongComments to Author , Phouvong Phommachanh, Wantanee Kalpravidh, Chintana Chanthavisouk, Jeffrey Gilbert, John Bingham, Kelly R. Davies, Julie Cooke, Debbie Eagles, Sithong Phiphakhavong, Songhua Shan, Vittoria Stevens, David T. Williams, Phachone Bounma, Bounkhouang Khambounheuang, Christopher Morrissy, Bounlom Douangngeun, and Subhash Morzaria
Author affiliations: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (F.Y.K. Wong, J. Bingham, K.R. Davies, J. Cooke, D. Eagles, S. Shan, V. Stevens, D.T. Williams, C. Morrissy); National Animal Health Laboratory, Vientiane, Laos (P. Phommachanh, B. Douangngeun); Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vientiane (S. Phiphakhavong, P. Bounma, B. Khambounheuang); Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand (W. Kalpravidh, C. Chanthavisouk, J. Gilbert, S. Morzaria)

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Figure 1

Locations of cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry caused by influenza A(H5N6) virus in Laos, March 2014. Dark gray shading indicates the 2 districts (Muang Nan [M.Nan] and Muang Xayabouly [M.Xayabouly]) situated at the boundaries of Luang Prabang and Xayabouly Provinces, where villages with infected poultry were located. Affected birds were associated with regular consignments of mixed poultry transported from Jinghong and elsewhere in Yunnan Province, China.

Figure 1. Locations of cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry caused by influenza A(H5N6) virus in Laos, March 2014. Dark gray shading indicates the 2 districts (Muang Nan and Muang Xayabouly) situated at the boundaries of Luang Prabang and Xayabouly Provinces, where villages with infected poultry were located. Affected birds were associated with regular consignments of mixed poultry transported from Jinghong and elsewhere in Yunnan Province, China.

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