Taiwan

Animal Health Research Institute in Taipai, Taiwan has released a full H5N6 sequence from a black-faced spoonbill collected December 1, 2017. The sequence was closely related to H5N6 isolated in Greece in February. That sequence was closely related to H5N8, with the exception of the N6 which was closely related to low path N6 isolates circulating in Eurasian wild birds.

A Taiwanese businessmen to work in mainland China, diagnosed in early February infected H7N9 avian influenza, after 27 days of hospitalization, the condition continued to deteriorate last night due to multiple organ failure died, https://tw.news.yahoo.com/搶救27天-首名台籍人士染h7n9病逝-062517780.html

Taiwan CDC has released a full H7N9 sequence. A/Taiwan/1/2-17, (at GISAID) from the first human case in 2017. The H7 sequence has acquired a polybasic cleavage site, KRKRTAR.

Taiwan CDC has cited the first H7N9 case since 2015 (69M ex Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province http://www.cdc.gov.tw/info.aspx?treeid=45DA8E73A81D495D&nowtreeid=1BD193ED6DABAEE6&tid=A2B6DE7BFDCBAC85

Animal Health Research Institute has released full H5N6 sequence (at GISAID) from Feb 2017 collection from duck in Taiwan.