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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Clade 2.3.4.4 Subtype H5N6 Viruses Isolated from Wild Whooper Swans,Mongolia, 2020 |
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| Authors: | Sol Jeong Nyamsuren Otgontogtokh Dong-Hun Lee Bayarmagnai Davganyam Sun-Hak Lee Andrew Y. Cho Erdene-Ochir Tseren-Ochir Chang-Seon Song |
| Affiliation: | Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea (S. Jeong, S.-H. Lee, A.Y. Cho, C.-S. Song);Mongolian University of Life Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (N. Otgontogtokh, B. Davganyam, E.-O. Tseren-Ochir);University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA (D.-H. Lee) |
| Abstract: | We identified clade 2.3.4.4 highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) viruses from whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) found dead in Mongolia. The identification of these infections in wild birds in this area is of concern because of the potential for virus dissemination during fall migration. |
| Keywords: | influenza zoonoses viruses Mongolia highly pathogenic avian influenza wild whooper swans H5N6 respiratory infections |