Avian Influenza Virus with Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase Combination H8N8, Isolated in Russia

Mariya V Sivay; Kirill A Sharshov; Mary Pantin-Jackwood; Vladimir V Muzyka; Alexander M Shestopalov

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00545-14

Avian Influenza Virus with Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase Combination H8N8, Isolated in Russia

Genome Announc. 2014 Jun 5;2(3):e00545-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00545-14.

Authors

Mariya V Sivay¹, Kirill A Sharshov, Mary Pantin-Jackwood², Vladimir V Muzyka³, Alexander M Shestopalov

Affiliations

¹ sivaym@hotmail.com.
² Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, USDA, Athens, Georgia, USA.
³ Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Region, Russia.

Abstract

We report the genome sequence of an avian influenza virus (AIV) subtype H8N8, isolated in Russia. The genome analysis shows that all genes belong to AIV Eurasian lineages. The PB2 gene was similar to a Mongolian low-pathogenic (LP) AIV H7N1 and a Chinese high-pathogenic (HP) AIV H5N2.