TY - JOUR AU - Liu, Lin AU - Zhang, Ying AU - Cui, Pengfei AU - Wang, Congcong AU - Zeng, Xianying AU - Deng, Guohua AU - Wang, Xiurong PY - 2019 DA - 2019/10/22 TI - Development of a duplex TaqMan real-time RT-PCR assay for simultaneous detection of newly emerged H5N6 influenza viruses JO - Virology Journal SP - 119 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - In 2017–2018, a new highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza virus (AIV) variant appeared in poultry and wild birds in Asian and European countries and caused multiple outbreaks. These variant strains are different from the H5N6 virus associated with human infection in previous years, and their genetic taxonomic status and antigenicity have changed. Therefore, revision of the primers and probes of fluorescent RT-PCR is important to detect the new H5N6 subtype AIV in poultry and reduce the risk of an epidemic in birds or humans. SN - 1743-422X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-019-1229-2 DO - 10.1186/s12985-019-1229-2 ID - Liu2019 ER -