Low pathogenicity H5N2 avian influenza outbreak in Japan during the 2005–2006

At the end of May 2005, a low-pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) virus of subtype H5N2 was isolated for the first time from chickens in Japan. Through active and epidemiological surveillance, 5.78 million chickens on 41 farms were found to be affected and 16 H5N2 viruses were isolated. Antigenic a...

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Published in:	Veterinary microbiology Vol. 124; no. 1; pp. 35 - 46
Main Authors:	Okamatsu, Masatoshi, Saito, Takehiko, Yamamoto, Yu, Mase, Masaji, Tsuduku, Satoko, Nakamura, Kikuyasu, Tsukamoto, Kenji, Yamaguchi, Shigeo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 20.09.2007 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	adaptation airborne microorganisms Animals Antigenic Variation Antigenicity Avian influenza Base Sequence Biological and medical sciences Cells, Cultured Chickens Cluster Analysis disease outbreaks Disease Outbreaks - veterinary disease surveillance disease transmission epidemiological studies Epidemiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology H5N2 Influenza A virus Influenza A Virus, H5N2 Subtype - classification Influenza A Virus, H5N2 Subtype - genetics Influenza A Virus, H5N2 Subtype - immunology Influenza A Virus, H5N2 Subtype - pathogenicity Influenza in Birds - epidemiology Influenza in Birds - transmission Influenza in Birds - virology Japan Japan - epidemiology Microbiology molecular epidemiology Molecular Sequence Data pathogen identification pathotypes Phylogenetic analysis Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary respiratory tract diseases RNA, Viral - chemistry serotypes Species Specificity Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms Temperature Transmission Virology virulence Virus Replication virus transmission Japan Asia Avian influenza H5N2 Phylogenetic analysis Antigenicity Transmission Orthomyxoviridae Zoopathogen Phylogeny Epidemiology Infection Virus Pathogenicity Influenzavirus A Avian influenzavirus Viral disease
ISSN:	0378-1135, 1873-2542
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