Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b, Western Siberia, Russia, 2020
Ivan Sobolev, Kirill Sharshov, Nikita Dubovitskiy, Olga Kurskaya, А. Yu. Alekseev, Sergey Leonov, Yuriy Yushkov, Victor Irza, Andrey B. Komissarov, Artem Fadeev, Daria Danilenko, Junki Mine, Ryota Tsunekuni, Yuko Uchida, Takehiko Saito, А. М. Шестопалов
Abstract
Two variants of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus were detected in dead poultry in Western Siberia, Russia, during August and September 2020. One variant was represented by viruses of clade 2.3.4.4b and the other by a novel reassortant between clade 2.3.4.4b and Eurasian low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses circulating in wild birds.
Topics & Concepts
CladeInfluenza A virus subtype H5N1Highly pathogenicVirologyBiologyVirusPathogenicityAvian influenza virusInfluenza A virusH5N1 genetic structurePhylogeneticsGeneMicrobiologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)GeneticsMedicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePathologyInfluenza Virus Research StudiesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyViral Infections and Vectors