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Volume 23, Number 9—September 2017
Dispatch

Genetic Diversity of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8/H5N5) Viruses in Italy, 2016–17

Alice Fusaro1Comments to Author , Isabella Monne1, Paolo Mulatti, Bianca Zecchin, Lebana Bonfanti, Silvia Ormelli, Adelaide Milani, Krizia Cecchettin, Philippe Lemey, Ana Moreno, Paola Massi, Tiziano Dorotea, Stefano Marangon, and Calogero Terregino
Author affiliations: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy (A. Fusaro, I. Monne, P. Mulatti, B. Zecchin, L. Bonfanti, S. Ormelli, A. Milani, K. Cecchettin, T. Dorotea, S. Marangon, C. Terregino); Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (P. Lemey); Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy (A. Moreno, P. Massi).

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Table 1

Epidemiologic information for highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N5) and A(H5N8) viruses isolated from birds in Italy, 2016–17

Isolate Type Collection date Region Location Site type EpiFlu accession no.*
A/wigeon/Italy/16VIR9616-3/2016
 H5N5
 2016 Dec 29
 Friuli Venezia Giulia
 Grado 
(Gorizia)
 Natural park
 EPI888600-01, EPI954800-05
A/wigeon/Italy/17VIR57-3/2017
 H5N8
 2017 Jan 03
 Friuli Venezia Giulia
 Grado 
(Gorizia)
 Natural park
 EPI888085-92
A/gadwall/Italy/17VIR133-2/2017
 H5N5
 2017 Jan 10
 Friuli Venezia Giulia
 Grado 
(Gorizia)
 Natural park
 EPI954616-23
A/swan/Italy/17VIR537-2/2017
 H5N8
 2017 Jan 19
 Friuli Venezia Giulia
 Aquileia 
(Udine)
 Natural park
 EPI954552-59
A/turkey/Italy/17VIR538-1/2017
 H5N8
 2017 Jan 20
 Veneto
 Mira 
(Venice)
 Fattening turkeys farm
 EPI954560-67
A/turkey/Italy/17VIR576-11/2017
 H5N8
 2017 Jan 23
 Veneto
 Piove di Sacco (Padua)
 Fattening turkeys farm
 EPI954568-75
A/chicken/Italy/17VIR653-12/2017
 H5N8
 2017 Jan 25
 Veneto
 Porto Viro (Rovigo)
 Laying hens farm
 EPI954576-83
A/turkey/Italy/17VIR973-2/2017
 H5N8
 2017 Feb 01
 Emilia Romagna
 Sorbolo 
(Parma)
 Fattening turkeys farm
 EPI954584-91
A/turkey/Italy/17VIR1338-3/2017
 H5N8
 2017 Feb 14
 Lombardy
 Monzambano (Mantova)
 Fattening turkeys farm
 EPI954592-99
A/turkey/Italy/17VIR1452-22/2017 H5N8 2017 Feb 16 Veneto Gazzo Veronese (Verona) Fattening turkeys farm EPI954600-07

*GISAID EpiFlu database (http://platform.gisaid.org).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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