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Influenza A(H5N8) virus isolation in Russia, 2014

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In this study, we report the isolation of influenza A(H5N8) virus from a Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope) in Sakha Republic of the Russian Far East. The strain A/wigeon/Sakha/1/2014 (H5N8) has been shown to be pathogenic for mammals. It is similar to the strains that caused outbreaks in wild birds and poultry in Southeast Asia and Europe in 2014.

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Acknowledgments

Phylogenic analysis was supported by the Russian Science Foundation Grant 15-15-00047. Construction of trees was done using HA and NA genes sequences deposited in GISAID. We are grateful to GISAID’s EpiFlu™ Database (http://www.gisaid.org) and to the authors who provided sequence information.

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  1. State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “VECTOR”, Koltsovo, 630559, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

    Vasiliy Y. Marchenko, Ivan M. Susloparov, Nataliya P. Kolosova, Nataliya I. Goncharova, Andrey V. Shipovalov, Alexander G. Durymanov, Tatyana N. Ilyicheva, Valeriy N. Mikheev & Alexander B. Ryzhikov

  2. Sakha Republic Regional office of Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor), Yakutsk, Russian Federation

    Lubov V. Budatsirenova, Valentina K. Ivanova & Georgy A. Ignatyev

  3. Hygienic and Epidemiological Center of Sakha Republic, Yakutsk, Russian Federation

    Svetlana N. Ershova & Valeriya S. Tulyahova

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Marchenko, V.Y., Susloparov, I.M., Kolosova, N.P. et al. Influenza A(H5N8) virus isolation in Russia, 2014. Arch Virol 160, 2857–2860 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-015-2570-4

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