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. 2019 Dec;25(12):2338-2339.
doi: 10.3201/eid2512.190504.

Genetic Characterization of Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4, Russia, 2018

Ivan M Susloparov, Natalia Goncharova, Natalia Kolosova, Alexey Danilenko, Vasiliy Marchenko, Galina Onkhonova, Vasiliy Evseenko, Elena Gavrilova, Rinat A Maksutov, Alexander Ryzhikov

Genetic Characterization of Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4, Russia, 2018

Ivan M Susloparov et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Dec.

Abstract

Timely identification of pandemic influenza threats depends on monitoring for highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses. We isolated highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus clade 2.3.4.4, genotype G1.1, in samples from a bird in southwest Russia. The virus has high homology to human H5N6 influenza strains isolated from southeast China.

Keywords: H5N6; HPAIV; Russia; avian influenza virus; clade 2.3.4.4; highly pathogenic; influenza; phylogenetic analysis; resassortment; respiratory infections; surveillance; viruses; wild birds; zoonoses.

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