1. Influenza A (H15N4) Virus Isolation in Western Siberia, Russia.
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Sivay, Mariya V., Baranovich, Tatiana, Marchenko, Vasiliy Y., Sharshov, Kirill A., Govorkova, Elena A., Shestopalov, Aleksander M., and Webby, Richard J.
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INFLUENZA A virus , *HEMAGGLUTININ , *PHYLOGENY , *VIRAL genes , *AVIAN influenza A virus - Abstract
The rarely identified influenza A viruses of the H15 hemagglutinin subtype have been isolated exclusively in Australia. Here we report the isolation of an H15N4 influenza A virus (A/teal/Chany/7119/2008) in Western Siberia, Russia. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the internal genes of the A/teal/Chany/7119/2008 strain belong to the Eurasian clade and that the H15 and N4 genes were introduced into the gene pool of circulating endemic avian influenza viruses through reassortment events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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