Characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses isolated from cats in South Korea, 2023

Kyungmoon Lee; Minjoo Yeom; Thi Thu Hang Vu; Hai-Quynh Do; Woonsung Na; Mikyung Lee; Dae Gwin Jeong; Doo-Sung Cheon; Daesub Song

doi:10.1080/22221751.2023.2290835

Characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses isolated from cats in South Korea, 2023

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2024 Dec;13(1):2290835. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2023.2290835. Epub 2024 Jan 22.

Authors

Kyungmoon Lee¹, Minjoo Yeom¹, Thi Thu Hang Vu², Hai-Quynh Do¹, Woonsung Na³, Mikyung Lee⁴, Dae Gwin Jeong⁵, Doo-Sung Cheon⁶, Daesub Song¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea.
³ College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam University, Gwangju, South Korea.
⁴ Social Cat Clinic, Gyeonggi, South Korea.
⁵ Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, South Korea.
⁶ Postbio, Gyeonggi, South Korea.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype* / genetics
Influenza A virus*
Influenza in Birds* / epidemiology
Phylogeny
Republic of Korea / epidemiology

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Seoul National University (grant number 550-20220059) and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forestry (IPET) (grant number 122018-2).