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Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016
Dispatch

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses and Generation of Novel Reassortants, United States, 2014–2015

Dong-Hun Lee, Justin Bahl, Mia Kim Torchetti, Mary Lea Killian, Hon S. Ip, Thomas J. DeLiberto, and David E. SwayneComments to Author 
Author affiliations: US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, USA (D.-H. Lee, D.E. Swayne); University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA (J. Bahl); US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Ames, Iowa, USA (M.K. Torchetti, M.L. Killian); US Department of the Interior US Geological Survey, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (H.S. Ip); US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (T.J. DeLiberto)

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Schematic diagram of the H5 clade 2.3.4.4 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus genotypes identified in this study, United States, 2014–2015. Reassortant H5N8 comprises Eurasian PB2, PA, HA, NP, M, and NS gene segments, and North American PB1 and PA gene segments; reassortant H5N2 comprises Eurasian PB2, PA, HA, M, and NS gene segments, and North American NA, PB1, and NP gene segments; reassortant H5N1 comprises Eurasian HA, NP, M, and PB2 gene segments and North American NA, NS, PA, and PB1 g

Figure. Schematic diagram of the H5 clade 2.3.4.4 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus genotypes identified in this study, United States, 2014–2015. Reassortant H5N8 comprises Eurasian PB2, PA, HA, NP, M, and NS gene segments, and North American PB1 and PA gene segments; reassortant H5N2 comprises Eurasian PB2, PA, HA, M, and NS gene segments, and North American NA, PB1, and NP gene segments; reassortant H5N1 comprises Eurasian HA, NP, M, and PB2 gene segments and North American NA, NS, PA, and PB1 gene segments. HA, hemagglutinin; LPAI, low-pathogenicity avian influenza; M, matrix; NA, neuraminidase; NP, nucleoprotein; NS, nonstructural; PA, polymerase acidic; PB1, polymerase basic 1; PB2, polymerase basic 2.

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