RESEARCH Spread of Influenza Virus A (H5N1) Clade 2.3.2.1 to Bulgaria in Common Buzzards

• Main Authors: Atanaska Marinova-petkova, Georgi Georgiev, Patrick Seiler, Daniel Darnell, John Franks, Scott Krauss, Richard J. Webby, Robert G. Webster
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Penfold; Sterna hirundo
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.307.14; http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/10/pdfs/12-0357.pdf

virus was isolated from the carcass of a common buzzard (Buteo buteo) in Bulgaria. Phylogenetic analyses of the virus showed a close genetic relationship with infl uenza virus A (H5N1) clade 2.3.2.1 viruses isolated from wild birds in the Tyva Republic and Mongolia during 2009–2010. Designated A/com...