Volume 20, Number 9—September 2014
Letter
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus from Waterfowl, South Korea, 2014
Table
Nucleotide homology of genes of influenza virus strain A/waterfowl/Korea/S005/2014 (H5N8) to the closest related influenza virus strains*
| Gene | Closest related virus strain | Nucleotide identity, % |
|---|---|---|
| PB2 | A/wild duck/Shandong/628/2011 (H5N1) | 99 |
| PB1 | A/duck/Jiangsu/1-15/2011 (H4N2) | 99 |
| PA | A/duck/Jiangsu/1-15/2011 (H4N2) | 98 |
| HA | A/wild duck/Shandong/628/2011 (H5N1) | 97 |
| NP | A/wild duck/Shandong/1/2011 (H5N1) | 99 |
| NA | A/duck/Jiangsu/k1203/2010 (H5N8) | 98 |
| M | A/duck/Jiangsu/1-15/2011 (H4N2) | 99 |
| NS | A/duck/Jiangsu/1-15/2011 (H4N2) | 99 |
*PB, polymerase basic subunit; PA, polymerase acidic subunit; HA, hemagglutinin; NP, nucleoprotein; NA, neuraminidase; M, matrix; NS, nonstructural.
1These authors equally contributed to this article.
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