
A Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza A Virus Isolated from a Flamingo on the Caspian Sea Shore
Author(s) -
Kobey Karamendin,
Aidyn Kydyrmanov,
Yermukhammet Kasymbekov,
Klara Daulbayeva,
Elizaveta Khan,
Aigerim Seidalina,
Marat Sayatov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
microbiology resource announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2576-098X
DOI - 10.1128/mra.00508-20
Subject(s) - influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , highly pathogenic , avian influenza virus , virology , virus , shore , kazakh , biology , influenza a virus , fishery , linguistics , philosophy
In 2015, in the Kazakh part of the northern Caspian Sea region, during the monitoring of wild birds for avian influenza viruses, a highly pathogenic A/flamingo/Mangistau/6570/2015(H5N1) influenza virus was isolated from a dead flamingo. This study aimed to obtain the complete genome sequence of the isolate.