Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
Research Letter
Novel Reassortant Clade 2.3.4.4 Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus in Wild Aquatic Birds, Russia, 2016
Dong-Hun Lee, Kirill Sharshov, David E. Swayne, Olga Kurskaya, Ivan Sobolev, Marsel Kabilov, Alexander Alekseev, Victor Irza, and Alexander Shestopalov
Table
Nucleotide identity of near homologs in GenBank to the influenza A(H5N8) virus from Uvs-Nuur Lake, Russia, as of June 30, 2016*
| Gene | Virus | Classification | % Identity |
|---|---|---|---|
| PB2 | A/duck/Mongolia/30/2015(H3N8) | Eurasian LPAI | 98.7 |
| PB1 | A/chicken/Hunan/S1267/2010(H4N6) | Eurasian LPAI | 98.1 |
| PA | A/duck/Mongolia/996/2015(H3N8) | Eurasian LPAI | 98.7 |
| HA | A/duck/eastern China/S1109/2014(H5N8) | H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4 | 99.1 |
| NP | A/duck/Mongolia/129/2015(H3N3) | Eurasian LPAI | 98.7 |
| NA | A/duck/eastern China/S1109/2014(H5N8) | H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4 | 98.9 |
| M | A/duck/Mongolia/179/2015(H3N8) | Eurasian LPAI | 98.5 |
| NS | A/duck/eastern China/S1109/2014(H5N8) | H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4 | 99.3 |
*HA, hemagglutinin; LPAI, low pathogenicity avian influenza; MP, matrix; NA, neuraminidase; NP, nucleoprotein; NS, nonstructural; PA, polymerase acidic; PB, polymerase basic.
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