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01-11-2015 | Brief Report
Influenza A(H5N8) virus isolation in Russia, 2014
Authors:
Vasiliy Y. Marchenko, Ivan M. Susloparov, Nataliya P. Kolosova, Nataliya I. Goncharova, Andrey V. Shipovalov, Alexander G. Durymanov, Tatyana N. Ilyicheva, Lubov V. Budatsirenova, Valentina K. Ivanova, Georgy A. Ignatyev, Svetlana N. Ershova, Valeriya S. Tulyahova, Valeriy N. Mikheev, Alexander B. Ryzhikov
Published in:
Archives of Virology
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Issue 11/2015
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Abstract
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.