TY - JOUR AU - Kwon, Jung-Hoon AU - Jeong, Sol AU - Lee, Dong-Hun AU - Swayne, David AU - Kim, Yu-jin AU - Lee, Sun-hak AU - Noh, Jin-Yong AU - Erdene-Ochir, Tseren-Ochir AU - Jeong, Jei-Hyun AU - Song, Chang-Seon T1 - New Reassortant Clade 2.3.4.4b Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus in Wild Birds, South Korea, 2017–18 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 10 SP - 1953 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We isolated new reassortant avian influenza A(H5N6) viruses from feces of wild waterfowl in South Korea during 2017–18. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that reassortment occurred between clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 and Eurasian low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses circulating in wild birds. Dissemination to South Korea during the 2017 fall migratory season followed. KW - Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus KW - H5N6 KW - wild birds KW - South Korea KW - reassortant KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - influenza DO - 10.3201/eid2410.180461 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/10/18-0461_article ER - End of Reference