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The coastal and estuarine wetlands of the northern Caspian Sea, which borders southeast Russia, provide support for millions of waterfowl and shorebirds during nesting, molting, migration, and wintering periods (1,2); [...]

Two variants of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus were detected in dead poultry in Western Siberia, Russia, during August and September 2020. One variant was represented by viruses of [...]

Tamdy virus (TAMV) was first isolated from the tick species Hyalomma asiaticum asiaticum collected from sheep in the Tamdinsky district of the Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, in 1971 (1). Subsequently, large-scale [...]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) subtype H5N1 was first isolated from a goose in 1996 in Guangdong China (Gs/GD). This virus evolved into multiple hemagglutinin (HA) genetic clades and [...]

To the Editor: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus (H5N1) has been endemic in poultry in Southeast Asia since 2003 (1). In April 2005, an outbreak of influenza virus (H5N1) [...]

We isolated Tamdy virus (TAMV; strain XJ01/TAMV/China/2018) from Hyalomma asiaticum ticks infesting Bactrian camels in Xinjiang, China, in 2018. The genome of the strain showed high nucleotide similarity with previously described TAMV strains from Asia. Our study highlights the potential threat of TAMV to public health in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The emergence of novel avian influenza viruses in migratory birds is of concern because of the potential for virus dissemination during fall migration. We report the identification of novel highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of subtype H5N8, clade 2.3.4.4, and their reassortment with other avian influenza viruses in waterfowl and shorebirds of Siberia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]