Genetically Diverse Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1/H5N8) Viruses among Wild Waterfowl and Domestic Poultry, Japan, 2021
Kosuke Okuya, Junki Mine, Kaori Tokorozaki, Isshu Kojima, Mana Esaki, Kohtaro Miyazawa, Ryota Tsunekuni, Saki Sakuma, Asuka Kumagai, Yoshihiro Takadate, Yuto Kikutani, Tsutomu Matsui, Yuko Uchida, and Makoto Ozawa
Author affiliations: Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan (K. Okuya, I. Kojima, M. Esaki, M. Ozawa); National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan (J. Mine, K. Miyazawa, R. Tsunekuni, S. Sakuma, A. Kumagai, Y. Takadate, Y. Uchida); Kagoshima Crane Conservation Committee, Izumi, Japan (K. Tokorozaki, T. Matsui, M. Ozawa); Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan (Y. Kikutani)
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Figure 1. Locations on the Izumi Plain, Japan, where highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1/H5N8) viruses were detected among wild waterfowl roosts and domestic poultry farms, 2021. Dots indicate location and date of avian influenza A detection. Inset map shows location of Izumi Plain in Japan.
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