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Volume 28, Number 7—July 2022
Dispatch

Isolation and Characterization of Novel Reassortant Influenza A(H10N7) Virus in a Harbor Seal, British Columbia, Canada

Yohannes Berhane, Tomy Joseph, Oliver Lung, Carissa Embury-Hyatt, Wanhong Xu, Paul Cottrell, and Stephen RavertyComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Manitoba Department of Animal Science, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Y. Berhane); Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg (Y. Berhane, O. Lung, C. Embury-Hyatt, W. Xu); Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (Y. Berhane, S. Raverty); Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada (T. Joseph, S. Raverty); University of Manitoba Department of Biological Sciences, Winnipeg (O. Lung); Fisheries and Aquaculture Management, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (P. Cottrell); University of British Columbia Institute for Oceans and Fisheries, Vancouver (S. Raverty)

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Table

Similarity of all 8 gene segments and their associated proteins for influenza A(H10N7) virus from a harbor seal in British Columbia, Canada, to closest matches in GenBank*

Segment Similarity† (%) Closest match GenBank accession no. Lineage
PB2 2,225/2,280 (97.59) A/ruddy turnstone/New Jersey/AI13-2822/2013 MH500897 North America
PB1 2,240/2,274 (98.50) A/Mallard/WA/AH0042257S.2.A/2015(H6N8) MN254524 North America
PA 2,117/2,151 (98.42) A/blue-winged teal/Texas/AI11-3220/2011(H3N8) CY205900 North America
H 1,613/1,686 (95.67) A/duck/Bangladesh/24035/2014 (H10N1) KY616787 Eurasia
NP 1,467/1,497 (98.00) A/duck/Hokkaido/W90/2007(H10N7) LC121485 Eurasia
N 1,372/1,416 (96.89) A/duck/Mongolia/742/2015(H10N7) LC121446 Eurasia
M 973/982 (99.08) A/Mallard duck/Alberta/486/2019(H1N1) MT624434 North America
NS1/NEP
 821/844 (97.27)
 A/duck/Hokkaido/56/2017(H12N2)
 MK592497
 Eurasia
*H, hemagglutinin; M, matrix; n, neuraminidase; NP, nucleoprotein; NS1/NEP, nonstructural protein 1/nuclear export protein; PA, acidic polymerase; PB, basic polymerase.
†Nucleotide matches at identical sites.

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