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Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Research

Characterization of Avian Influenza Viruses A (H5N1) from Wild Birds, Hong Kong, 2004–2008

Gavin J.D. Smith1, Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna1, Trevor M. Ellis, Kitman C. Dyrting, Y.H. Connie Leung, Justin Bahl, Chun W. Wong, Huang Kai, Mary K.W. Chow, Lian Duan, Allen S.L. Chan, Li Juan Zhang, Honglin Chen, Geraldine S.M. Luk, J.S. Malik Peiris, and Yi GuanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases/The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China (G.J.D. Smith, D. Vijaykrishna, Y.H.C. Leung, J. Bahl, H. Kai, L. Duan, L.J. Zhang, H. Chen, J.S.M. Peiris, Y. Guan); Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong (T.M. Ellis, K.C. Dyrting, C.W. Wong, M.K.W. Chow, A.S.L. Chan, G.S.M. Luk); HKU-Pasteur Research Centre, Pokfulam, Hong Kong (J.S. Malik Peiris)

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Phylogenetic relationships of the hemagglutinin genes of representative influenza viruses. Numbers above and below the branch nodes indicate neighbor-joining bootstrap values >70% and Bayesian posterior probabilities >95%, respectively. Not all supports are shown due to space constraints. Analyses were based on nt 49–1,677 and the tree rooted to duck/Hokkaido/51/1996. Numbers to the right of the figure refer to World Health Organization influenza (H5N1) clade designations (Appendix Table).

Figure. Phylogenetic relationships of the hemagglutinin genes of representative influenza viruses. Numbers above and below the branch nodes indicate neighbor-joining bootstrap values >70% and Bayesian posterior probabilities >95%, respectively. Not all supports are shown due to space constraints. Analyses were based on nt 49–1,677 and the tree rooted to duck/Hokkaido/51/1996. Numbers to the right of the figure refer to World Health Organization influenza (H5N1) clade designations (Appendix Table). Viruses isolated from wild birds and chickens in Hong Kong from 2004–2008 are in boldface. *Indicates viruses included in the antigenic analysis (Table). Scale bar indicates 0.01 nucleotide substitutions per site. Ck, chicken; Dk, duck; Gs, goose; HK, Hong Kong.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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