Avian influenza (H5N1) virus of clade 2.3.2 in domestic poultry in India

Note Date: . PLoS One . 2012; seven (2): E31844 Epub 2012 Feb twenty.
Nagarajan S , Tosh C , DK Smith , JS Peiris , HV Murugkar , Sridevi R , Kumar M , Katare M , Jain R , Syed Z , P Behera , CL Cheung , Khandia R ,Tripathi S , Guan Y , SC Dubey .
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Identification of new clade 2.3.2 H5N1 viruses in South Asia is reminiscent of the introduction of clade 2.2 viruses in this region in 2006/7. It is now important to monitor whether the clade 2.3.2.1 is replacing clade 2.2 in this region or co-circulating with it. Continued co-circulation of various subclades of the H5N1 virus which are more adapted to land based poultry in a highly populated region such as South Asia increases the risk of evolution of pandemic H5N1 strains.
PMID: 22363750 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]