Table 2.
Influenza viruses with highest nucleotide identity to each gene of 018 and 021∗.
| Gene segment | Closest viruses in GenBank |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Strain | Nucleotide identity, % | ||
| PB2 | 018 | A/wild duck/Fujian/1/2011 (H5N1) | 98.0% |
| 021 | 97.9% | ||
| PB1 | 018 | A/wild duck/Fujian/1/2011 (H5N1) | 97.8% |
| 021 | 97.8% | ||
| PA | 018 | A/wild duck/Fujian/1/2011 (H5N1) | 98.4% |
| 021 | 98.4% | ||
| HA | 018 | A/wild duck/Shandong/628/2011 (H5N1) | 97.4% |
| 021 | 97.6% | ||
| NP | 018 | A/hill myna/Heilongjiang/0704/2012 (H5N1) | 98.3% |
| 021 | 98.0% | ||
| 018 | A/wild Duck/Fujian/1/2011(H5N1) | 98.0% | |
| 021 | 97.7% | ||
| NA | 018 | A/swine/Guangdong/K6/2010 (H6N6) | 98.3% |
| 021 | 98.3% | ||
| M | 018 | A/wild duck/Fujian/1/2011 (H5N1) | 98.8% |
| 021 | 98.8% | ||
| NS | 018 | A/wild duck/Fujian/1/2011 (H5N1) | 98.2% |
| 021 | 97.9% | ||
∗018, A/duck/Guangzhou/018/2014(H5N6); 021, A/duck/Guangzhou/021/2014(H5N6); PB, polybasic protein; PA, polymerase acidic protein; HA, hemagglutinin; NP, nucleocapsid protein; NA, neuraminidase; M, matrix protein; and NS, non-structural protein.