Bird Flu

Studies from Chungnam National University in the area of bird flu described

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 10th, 2009

According to recent research from South Korea, "Ducks have been regarded as animals that can perpetuate most avian influenza viruses since they generally do not show the clear clinical signs such as death and reduced body weight when they are infected. Here, we characterized two H3N2 and one H3N6 avian influenza viruses isolated from ducks on the local farms in Korea from 2005 to 2007."

"Genetic analysis of these viruses showed that most segments of isolates except NP genes belonged to Eurasian lineage. NP genes of two H3N2 isolates, A/Duck/Korea/S71/07, and A/Duck/Korea/S72/07 belonged to North American lineage," wrote S.J. Kang and colleagues, Chungnam National...

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