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Phylogenetic analyses of all eight segments and hemagglutinin (HA) comparisons with WHO\u2010recommended vaccine strains were conducted.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 4703 specimens, 1164 were IBV\u2010positive: 632 B\/Victoria (322 Japan and 310 Myanmar) and 532 B\/Yamagata (452 Japan and 80 Myanmar). Whole\u2010genome sequences were obtained for 148 isolates. Despite differing seasonality, both countries showed parallel transitions: B\/Yamagata predominated in 2017\u20132018 but disappeared after 2019, while B\/Victoria shifted from clade V1A to emerging clade V1A.3 with a three\u2013amino acid deletion in HA (\u0394162\u2013164). Two 2018 B\/Victoria reassortants in Japan contained four internal genes from B\/Yamagata. 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