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Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Dispatch

Influenza A(H5N8) Virus Similar to Strain in Korea Causing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Germany

Timm HarderComments to Author , Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Anne Pohlmann, Elke Starick, Detlef Höreth-Böntgen, Karin Albrecht, Gunter Pannwitz, Jens P. Teifke, Vithiagaran Gunalan, Raphael T.C. Lee, Carola Sauter-Louis, Timo Homeier, Christoph Staubach, Carola Wolf, Günter Strebelow, Dirk Höper, Christian Grund, Franz J. Conraths, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, and Martin Beer
Author affiliations: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems, Germany (T. Harder, A. Pohlmann, E. Starick, D. Höreth-Böntgen, J. Teifke, C. Sauter-Louis, T. Homeier, C. Staubach, G. Strebelow, D. Höper, C. Grund, F.J. Conraths, T.C. Mettenleiter, M. Beer); Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (S. Maurer-Stroh); Ministry of Health, Singapore (S. Maurer-Stroh); Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (S. Maurer-Stroh, V. Gunalan, R.T.C. Lee); County Veterinary Office, Anklam, Germany (K. Albrecht, G. Pannwitz); Agency for Agriculture, Food Security and Fisheries of the German Federal State of Mecklenburg–Western Pomeranio, Rostock, Germany (C. Wolf)

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Table

Unique amino acid changes found in A/turkey/Germany-MV/R2472/2014 influenza virus compared with A/Baikal teal/Korea/Donglim3/2014 influenza virus*

Segment no. EpiFlu accession no. Protein Mutation
1
 EPI548431 PB2
 V338I
R497S
K699R
2
 EPI548430
 PB1
 T57K
3
 EPI548429 PA
 T162I
A343V
R385K
4 EPI544756 HA S197P
A201E
I390V
5
 EPI548427
 NP
 D51N
6
 EPI544759 NA
 A190T
M470T
7
 EPI548426
–
8 EPI548428 NS1 V65L

*Numbering according to A/Baikal teal/Korea/Donglim3/2014; sequences were deposited in the GISAID sequence database (http://gisaid.org). PB, polymerase basic; PA, polymerase acidic; HA, hemagglutinin; NP, nucleoprotein; NA, neuraminidase; NS, nonstructural; –, no mutation.

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