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Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
Research

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in Cats, South Korea, 2023

Yong-Myung Kang1, Gyeong-Beom Heo1, Se-Hee An, Hyunho Lee, Eunhye Park, Ra Mi Cha, Yun Yueng Jang, Mingeun Sagong, Ah-Young Kim, Jongho Kim, Eun-Kyoung Lee, Seong Hee Kim, Kyungki Lee, Bokkyung Ku, Youn-Jeong Lee, Kyunghyun LeeComments to Author , and Kwang-Nyeong LeeComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, South Korea (Y.-M. Kang, G.-B. Heo, S.-H. An, R.M. Cha, Y.Y. Jang, M. Sagong, A.-Y. Kim, J. Kim, E.-K. Lee, S.H. Kim, Kyungki Lee, B. Ku, Y.-J. Lee, Kyunghyun Lee, K.-N. Lee); Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea (Y.-M. Kang); Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (G.-B. Heo); Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon-si, South Korea (H. Lee, E. Park)

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Table 3

Amino acid differences identified among highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus detected in domestic ducks, cats, and duck meat–based cat food, South Korea, 2023*

Virus strain
Amino acid differences
PB2
HA†
NA‡
Name Origin T271A K526R E627K D701N S137A T160A Q226L G228S H274Y N294S
A/duck/Korea/H537/2022(H5N1)§ (EPI_ISL_18819799)
Poultry in South Korea
T
K
E
D

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/feline/Korea/M302-5/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18819808)
Cat carcass in shelter 1
T
K
E
N

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/feline/Korea/M302-6/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18819809)
Cat carcass in shelter 1
T
K
E
N

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/feline/Korea/M302-7/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18819810)
Cat carcass in shelter 1
T
K
E
N

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/feline/South_Korea/SNU-01/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18102700)
Cat carcass in shelter 1
T
K
E
N

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/feline/South_Korea/SNU-02/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18102701)
Cat carcass in shelter 1
T
K
E
N

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/feline/Korea/M305-3/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18819805)
Cat in shelter 2¶
T
K
K
D

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/feline/Korea/M305-4/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18819806)
Cat in shelter 2¶
T
K
K
D

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/feline/Korea/M305-7/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18819807)
Cat from shelter 2#
T
K
K
D

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/feline/Korea/M305-11/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18819804)
Cat carcass from shelter 2#
T
K
K
D

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/environment/Korea/M305E2-24/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18819801)
Raw duck meat food manufactured on May 26
T
K
E
D

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/environment/Korea/M305E2-25/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18819802)
Raw duck meat food manufactured on June 15
T
K
E
D

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/environment/Korea/M305E-13/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18819800)
Raw duck meat food manufactured on July 6
T
K
E
D

A
A
Q
G

H
N
A/environment/Korea/M305E3-1/2023(H5N1) (EPI_ISL_18819803) Raw duck meat food manufactured on July 27 T K E D A A Q G H N

*Letters in red denote differences between viruses. HA, hemagglutinin; NA, neuraminidase; PB2, polymerase basic 2. †H3 numbering. ‡N2 numbering. §R.M. Cha, unpub. data. ¶Cats living in shelter 2. #Cats moved from shelter 2 to the animal hospital.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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