Volume 23, Number 8—August 2017
Dispatch
Genesis of Influenza A(H5N8) Viruses
Table
Nucleotide identity of novel HPAI A(H5N8) clade 2.3.4.4 virus and viruses isolated from Tanguar haor, Bangladesh*
Gene and genotype, novel HPAI A(H5N8) clade 2.3.4.4, 2016 | Viruses from Tanguar haor (Central Asian flyway)† | % Identity |
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PB2 | ||
Genotype 1‡ | A/duck/Bangladesh/24705/2015(H7N1)§ | 98.4–98.6 |
Genotype 2‡ |
A/duck/Bangladesh/26920/2015(H3N6) |
98.7–98.9 |
PB1 |
A/duck/Bangladesh/26918/2015(H3N6) |
97.3–98 |
PA | ||
Genotype 1‡ | A/duck/Bangladesh/24706/2015(H7N1) | 95.3 |
Genotype 2‡ |
A/duck/Bangladesh/26918/2015(H3N6) |
97.1–97.3 |
NP | ||
Genotype 1‡ | A/duck/Bangladesh/26992/2015(H7N9) | 98.6 |
Genotype 2‡ |
A/duck/Bangladesh/24706/2015(H7N1) |
97–97.1 |
M | A/duck/Bangladesh/24704/2015(H15N9) | 98–98.5 |
*HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza; NP, nucleoprotein; M, matrix; PA, polymerase acidic; PB, polymerase basic.
†All Eurasian low-pathogenicity avian influenza lineage.
‡Genotype 1 viruses isolated from Siberia; genotype 2 viruses isolated from Europe.
§Selected 1 representative virus isolate from the Tanguar haor region of Bangladesh.