Regional AlertSequencing ties new Cambodia H5N1 avian flu cases to older clade October 18, 2023By MBDS Team12 Oct 2023. The detection of two recent human H5N1 avian flu infections in Cambodia, genetic sequencing led by scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Phnom Penh revealed that the virus belongs to the 2.3.2.1c clade, similar to viruses that have been circulating in the region over the past decade.