Genetic Characterization of a Novel Recombinant H5N2 Avian Influenza Virus Isolated from Chickens in Tibet

• Published in: Journal of Virology
• Main Authors: Zhao, Suhong, Suo, Langsizhu, Jin, Meilin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
• Subjects: Genome Announcements; peregrine falcon
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3503117; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23166246; https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02595-12

In this report, a novel H5N2 avian influenza virus (AIV) was isolated from chickens in Tibet in 2010, western China. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that it was a natural reassortant between H9N2 and H5N1 subtypes. It is of note that this virus has an HP genotype with HA, PB2, M, and NS genes homologous to those of A/peregrine falcon/Hong Kong/2142/2008(H5N1)-like HPAIV isolated from dead wild birds. Publishing this genome information will contribute to the investigation of avian influenza epidemiology and to further research of AIV's biological properties.