Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

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Influenza (H5N1) Viruses in Poultry, Russian Federation, 2005–2006

Aleksandr S. Lipatov*¹², Vasily A. Evseenko†¹, Hui-Ling Yen*, Anna V. Zaykovskaya†, Alexander G. Durimanov†, Sergey I. Zolotykh†, Sergey V. Netesov†, Ilya G. Drozdov†, Gennadiy G. Onishchenko‡, Robert G. Webster*

, and Alexander M. Shestopalov†

Author affiliations: *St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; †Federal State Research Institute Research Center for Virology and Biotechnology “Vector,” Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Region, Russian Federation; ‡Federal Service for Surveillance in Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being, Moscow, Russian Federation;

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Table 1

Influenza (H5N1) viruses, Russian Federation, 2005–2006

Virus	Date of isolation	Type of operation	Specimen used for isolation	IVPI for chickens*
A/chicken/Suzdalka/06/2005	Jul 22, 2005	Backyard flock	Dead chicken (spleen)	3.0
A/goose/Suzdalka/10/2005	Jul 22, 2005	Backyard flock	Dead goose (lungs)	3.0
A/turkey/Suzdalka/12/2005	Jul 22, 2005	Backyard flock	Sick turkey (cloacal swabs)	3.0
A/chicken/Omsk/14/2005	Aug 12, 2005	Backyard flock	Sick chicken (cloacal swabs)	2.6
A/chicken/Tula/4/2005	Oct 5, 2005	Backyard flock	Dead chicken (lungs)	2.8
A/goose/Krasnoozerskoye/627/2005	Oct 17, 2005	Goose farm (~5,000 geese)	Sick goose (cloacal swabs)	3.0
A/chicken/Krasnodar/123/2006	Feb 12, 2006	Chicken farm (~300,000 chickens)	Dead chicken (lungs)	3.0