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Volume 28, Number 8—August 2022
Dispatch

Novel Reassortant Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus, China, 2021

Junhong Chen1, Lingyu Xu1, Tengfei Liu1, Shumin Xie1, Ke Li, Xiao Li, Mengmeng Zhang, Yifan Wu, Xinkai Wang, Jinfeng Wang, Keyi Shi, Beibei Niu, Ming LiaoComments to Author , and Weixin JiaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: South China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine, Guangzhou, China (J. Chen, L. Xu, T. Liu, S. Xie, X. Li, M. Zhang, Y. Wu, X. Wang, J. Wang, K. Shi, B. Niu, M. Liao, W. Jia); Experimental Animal Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou (S. Xie); Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Kunming, Yunnan, China (K. Li); Key Laboratory of Zoonoses and Key Laboratory of Animal Vaccine Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou, China (M. Liao, W. Jia); Key Laboratory of Zoonoses Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou (W. Jia)

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Figure 1

Distribution of confirmed cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) virus in humans, China, 2021. A) Provinces of the outbreaks and number of infected persons. A red X indicates a deceased person, and colors represent the number of infected persons. B) Region of novel H5N6 virus isolation from birds (chickens, ducks) and the environment (green icon). The red areas on the map indicate the provinces where human cases occurred in 2021. Insets indicate islands of China, additional sites of poultry breeding and human habitation.

Figure 1. Distribution of confirmed cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) virus in humans, China, 2021. A) Provinces of the outbreaks and number of infected persons. A red X indicates a deceased person, and colors represent the number of infected persons. B) Region of novel H5N6 virus isolation from birds (chickens, ducks) and the environment (green icon). The red areas on the map indicate the provinces where human cases occurred in 2021. Insets indicate islands of China, additional sites of poultry breeding and human habitation.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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