Table 5.

Amino acid sequence homology of KNU18–91 and other H5N3 isolates from South Korea (A/aquatic bird/Korea/w16/2005, A/spot-billed duck/Korea/KNU SYG06/2006, A/aquatic bird/Korea/w209/2007, and A/aquatic bird/South Korea/sw007/2015) retrieved from the NCBI database

Strain	PB2	PB1	PA	HA	NP	NA	M	NS
A/spot-billed duck/Korea/KNU SYG06/2006	99.57	98.68	99.16	97.16	99.2	94.67	99.69	61.22
A/aquatic bird/Korea/w16/2005	99.42	98.94	98.88	97.34	99.8	96.59	99.37	89.29
A/aquatic bird/Korea/w209/2007	98.55	98.28	99.16	96.99	96.77	94.46	99.04	61.22
A/aquatic bird/South Korea/sw007/2015	99.08	99.34	99.02	99.29	99.39	97.44	100	61.60

PB, polymerase basic; PA, polymerase acidic; HA, hemagglutinin; NP, nucleoprotein; NA, neuraminidase; M2, matrix 2, NS, nonstructural; AIVs, avian influenza viruses; NCBI, national center for biotechnology information.