A Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza A Virus Isolated from a Flamingo on the Caspian Sea Shore

Kobey Karamendin; Aidyn Kydyrmanov; Yermukhammet Kasymbekov; Klara Daulbayeva; Elizaveta Khan; Aigerim Seidalina; Marat Sayatov

doi:10.1128/MRA.00508-20

A Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza A Virus Isolated from a Flamingo on the Caspian Sea Shore

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Sep 24;9(39):e00508-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00508-20.

Authors

Kobey Karamendin¹, Aidyn Kydyrmanov², Yermukhammet Kasymbekov², Klara Daulbayeva², Elizaveta Khan², Aigerim Seidalina², Marat Sayatov²

Affiliations

¹ Scientific Production Center of Microbiology and Virology, Almaty, Kazakhstan kobey.karamendin@gmail.com.
² Scientific Production Center of Microbiology and Virology, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Abstract

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.