title: Genetic characterization of a novel recombinant H5N2 avian influenza virus isolated from chickens in Tibet.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Animal Infectious Disease, National State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Suhong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Langsizhu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Suo
authors.forename: Meilin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D053125:Influenza A Virus, H5N2 Subtype / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D018609:Tibet