Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Dispatch
Novel Eurasian Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A H5 Viruses in Wild Birds, Washington, USA, 2014
Table 2
Nucleotide identity between the influenza A(H5N2) and A(H5N8) viruses from Washington, USA, and their nearest homologues in GenBank as of January 8, 2015*
Virus from Washington State | Nearest homologue | % Identity |
---|---|---|
A/Northern pintail/Washington/40964/2014 (H5N2) | ||
PB2 | A/bean goose/Korea/H40/2014 | 99.5 |
PB1 | A/bufflehead/California/3118/2011 | 99.0 |
PA | A/common teal/Korea/H455–30/2014 | 99.5 |
HA | A/crane/Kagoshima/KU1/2014 | 99.3 |
NP | A/American green-winged teal/Ohio/13OS2084/2013 | 99.1 |
NA | A/bufflehead/California/4935/2012 | 99.0 |
MP | A/Baikal teal/Korea/S005/2014 | 100.0 |
NS |
A/Baikal teal/Korea/Donglim3/2014 |
99.9 |
A/gyrfalcon/Washington/40188–6/2014 (H5N8) | ||
PB2 | A/bean goose/Korea/H40/2014 | 99.6 |
PB1 | A/Baikal teal/Korea/H41/2014 | 99.4 |
PA | A/Baikal teal/Korea/Donglim3/2014 | 99.3 |
HA | A/crane/Kagoshima/KU1/2014 | 99.2 |
NP | A/Baikal teal/Korea/H41/2014 | 99.5 |
NA | A/Coot/Korea/H81/2014 | 99.4 |
MP | A/Baikal teal/Korea/Donglim3/2014 | 99.9 |
NS | A/Baikal teal/Korea/Donglim3/2014 | 100.0 |
*HA, hemagglutinin; MP, matrix protein; NA, neuraminidase; NP, nucleoprotein; NS, nonstructural, PA, polymerase acidic; PB1 and 2, polymerase basic 1 and 2.
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.