title: Phylogenetic analysis of avian influenza viruses of H11 subtype isolated in Kazakhstan.
abstract: Avian influenza viruses A/turkey/Almaty/535/04 (H11N9) and A/herring gull/Atyrau/2186/07 (H11N2) isolated in Kazakhstan were characterized as low pathogenic in biological and genetic studies. Putative glycosylation sites were identical to the putative sites in published H11, N2, and N9 isolates sequences. Compared with published data no additional basic amino acid residues were found in the hemagglutinin (HA) cleavage site of these Kazakhstan strains. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a rare case of Eurasian-American reassortment in the HA gene of A/herring gull/Atyrau/2186/07 (H11N2) virus and significant sequence difference of the HA and the neuraminidase genes of the virus A/turkey/Almaty/535/04 (H11N9) from the previously published GenBank viruses.
authors: Laboratory of Viral Ecology, Institute of Microbiology and Virology, 103 Bogenbay batyr st, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan. ecovir@nursat.kz
authors: Kobey
authors: K
authors: Karamendin
authors: Aidyn
authors: A
authors: Kydyrmanov
authors: Kainar
authors: K
authors: Zhumatov
authors: Saule
authors: S
authors: Asanova
authors: Naylya
authors: N
authors: Ishmukhametova
authors: Marat
authors: M
authors: Sayatov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D046091:Charadriiformes; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / Q000235:genetics; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000821:virology*; D007623:Kazakhstan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D016865:Reassortant Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014422:Turkeys
chemical_list: D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; D012367:RNA, Viral