Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Dispatch
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus–Induced Mass Death of Wild Birds, Caspian Sea, Russia, 2022
Table
Isolate | Location | Sample type | Collection date | IVPI | GISAID no. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A/Caspian_tern/Astrakhan/30/2022 | 45°02′ N, 48°19′ E | Intestine | 2022 May 15 | 2.92 | EPI_ISL_16020401 |
A/Caspian_tern/Astrakhan/32/2022 | 45°02′ N, 48°19′ E | Intestine | 2022 May 15 | 2.92 | EPI_ISL_16020402 |
A/Caspian_tern/Astrakhan/34/2022 | 45°02′ N, 48°19′ E | Intestine | 2022 May 15 | 2.93 | EPI_ISL_16020403 |
A/Caspian_tern/Astrakhan/36/2022 | 45°02′ N, 48°19′ E | Liver | 2022 May 15 | 2.93 | EPI_ISL_16020404 |
A/Caspian_tern/Astrakhan/38/2022 | 45°02′ N, 48°19′ E | Liver | 2022 May 15 | 2.92 | EPI_ISL_16020405 |
*Nucleotide sequences were deposited in the GISAID database (https://www.gisaid.org). IVPI, intravenous pathogenicity index.
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