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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2024 Sep 6;30(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid3010.231728. Online ahead of print.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b Infections in Seals, Russia, 2023
Ivan Sobolev, Alexander Alekseev, Kirill Sharshov, Maria Chistyaeva, Alexander Ivanov, Olga Kurskaya, Olesia Ohlopkova, Alexey Moshkin, Anastasiya Derko, Arina Loginova, Mariya Solomatina, Alimurad Gadzhiev, Yuhai Bi, Alexander Shestopalov
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus was detected in dead seals on Tyuleniy Island in eastern Russia, in the Sea of Okhotsk. Viruses isolated from dead northern fur seals belong to clade 2.3.4.4b and are closely related to viruses detected predominantly in the Russian Far East and Japan in 2022-2023.
Keywords: China; H5N1; HPAI virus; Russia; Sea of Okhotsk; Tyuleniy Island; clade 2.3.4.4.b; influenza; influenza A; mass death; outbreak; respiratory infections; seals; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2024 Sep 6;30(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid3010.231728. Online ahead of print.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b Infections in Seals, Russia, 2023
Ivan Sobolev, Alexander Alekseev, Kirill Sharshov, Maria Chistyaeva, Alexander Ivanov, Olga Kurskaya, Olesia Ohlopkova, Alexey Moshkin, Anastasiya Derko, Arina Loginova, Mariya Solomatina, Alimurad Gadzhiev, Yuhai Bi, Alexander Shestopalov
- PMID: 39240570
- DOI: 10.3201/eid3010.231728
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus was detected in dead seals on Tyuleniy Island in eastern Russia, in the Sea of Okhotsk. Viruses isolated from dead northern fur seals belong to clade 2.3.4.4b and are closely related to viruses detected predominantly in the Russian Far East and Japan in 2022-2023.
Keywords: China; H5N1; HPAI virus; Russia; Sea of Okhotsk; Tyuleniy Island; clade 2.3.4.4.b; influenza; influenza A; mass death; outbreak; respiratory infections; seals; viruses; zoonoses.