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Volume 24, Number 4—April 2018
Dispatch

Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus in the Netherlands, December 2017

Nancy BeerensComments to Author , Guus Koch, Rene Heutink, Frank Harders, D.P. Edwin Vries, Cynthia Ho, Alex Bossers, and Armin Elbers
Author affiliations: Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, the Netherlands (N. Beerens, G. Koch, R. Heutink, F. Harders, C. Ho, A. Bossers, A. Elbers); Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Utrecht, the Netherlands (D.P.E. Vries)

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Table

Genetic composition of the HPAI H5N6 virus isolated in the Netherlands, 2017*

Virus segment GISAID no.† Identity, % Origin
Polymerase basic 2
A/mallard duck/Netherlands/15/2011 (H6N8) EPI889820 97 European LPAI
A/Eurasian teal/Netherlands/1/2011 (H3N8) EPI889410 97
A/mallard duck/Netherlands/20/2011 (H6N8) EPI889594 97
A/greater white-fronted goose/Netherlands/6/2011 (H6N8)
EPI1010712
97

Polymerase basic 1
A/chicken/Kalmykia/2643/2016 (H5N8) EPI909458 99 H5N8 HPAI 2016
A/gadwall/Kurgan/2442/2016 (H5N8) EPI961447 99
A/T_Dk/NL-Werkendam/16014159–001/2016 (H5N5) EPI1117251 98
A/T_Dk/NL-Zeewolde/16013976–005/2016 (A/H5N8
EPI1019844
98

Polymerase
A/T_Dk/NL-Monnickendam/16013865–006–008/2016 (H5N8) EPI1019770 99 H5N8 HPAI 2016
A/magpie/NL-Volendam/16014331–002/2016 (H5N8) EPI1019722 99
A/L-bl-ba-gull/NL-Sovon/16014324–014/2016 (H5N8) EPI1019706 99
A/G_c_grebe/NL-Monnickendam/16013865–009–010/2016 (H5N8)
EPI1019650
99

Hemagglutinin
A/Eur_Wig/NL-Zoeterwoude/16015702–010/2016 (H5N8) EPI1019638 99 H5N8 HPAI 2016
A/Eur_Wig/NL-Reeuwijk/16015903–003/2016 (H5N8) EPI1019590 99
A/Eur_Wig/NL-Leidschendam/16015697–007/2016 (H5N8) EPI1019582 99
A/Eur_Wig/NL-Gouda/16015824–001/2016 (H5N8)
EPI1019550
99

Nucleoprotein
A/gadwall/Kurgan/2442/2016 (H5N8) EPI961450 99 H5N8 HPAI 2016
A/wild duck/Tatarstan/3059/2016 (H5N8) EPI909453 99
A/T_Dk/NL-Werkendam/16014159–001/2016 (H5N5) EPI1117254 99
A/mute swan/Kaliningrad/132/2017 (H5N8)
EPI1044548
99

Neuraminidase
A/chicken/Greece/39_2017b/2017 (H5N6) EPI1122895 98 H5N6 HPAI 2017
A/spoonbill/Taiwan/DB645/2017 (H5N6) EPI1119073 97
A/barnacle goose/Netherlands/2/2014 (H3N6) EPI1011098 97 European LPAI
A/mute swan/Shimane/3211A001/2017 (H5N6)
LC335983
97

Matrix protein
A/mulard_duck/Hungary/59163/2016 (H5N8) EPI1032553 99 H5N8 HPAI 2016
A/mulard_duck/Hungary/62902/2016 (H5N8) EPI1032527 99
A/mulard_duck/Hungary/60369/2016 (H5N8) EPI1032519 99
A/goose/Hungary/59763/2016 (H5N8)
EPI1032511
99

Nonstructural protein
A/duck/Hungary/60441/2016 (H5N8) EPI866979 99 H5N8 HPAI 2016
A/goose/Italy/17VIR6358–3/2017 (H5N8) EPI1081973 99
A/swan/Italy/17VIR7064–1/2017 (H5N8) EPI1081921 99
A/mulard duck/Hungary/59163/2016 (H5N8) EPI1032556 99

*HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza; LPAI, low pathogenicity avian influenza.
†From GISAID EpiFlu database (http://platform.gisaid.org).

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