Volume 23, Number 9—September 2017
Dispatch
Genetic Diversity of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8/H5N5) Viruses in Italy, 2016–17
Alice Fusaro1
, 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
, 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
Table 2
tMRCA for the 4 avian influenza A(H5N5) and A(H5N8) virus genotypes identified in Italy, 2016–17*
| Genotype | tMRCA |
|
|---|---|---|
| Mean | 95% HPD | |
| H5N5 | November 2016 | October–December 2016 |
| H5N8 A/wild duck/Poland/82A/2016-like | May 2016 | May–June 2016 |
| H5N8 A/painted stork/India/10CA03/2016-like | August 2016 | July–October 2016 |
| H5N8 A/mute swan/Croatia/70/2016-like | July 2016 | June–August 2016 |
*tMRCAs estimated for each gene segments are reported in Technical Appendix 1 Table 1. HPD, highest posterior density; tMRCA, time to most recent common ancestor.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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