title: Reintroduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N8 virus of clade 2.3.4.4. in Russia.
abstract: In the spring of 2016, a loss of wild birds was observed during the monitoring of avian influenza virus activity in the Republic of Tyva. That outbreak was caused by influenza H5N8 virus of clade 2.3.4.4. In the fall, viruses of H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4 were propagated in European countries. This paper presents some results of analysis of the virus strains isolated during the spring and fall seasons in 2016 in the Russian Federation. The investigated strains were highly pathogenic for mice, and some of their antigenic and genetic features differed from those of an H5N8 strain that circulated in 2014 in Russia.
authors.affiliation: State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk, 630559, Russian Federation. marchenko_vyu@vector.nsc.ru.
authors.forename: Vasiliy Y
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1339-6732
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Marchenko
authors.affiliation: State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk, 630559, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Ivan M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Susloparov
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Influenza, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Andrey B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Komissarov
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Influenza, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Artem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fadeev
authors.affiliation: State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk, 630559, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Nataliya I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Goncharova
authors.affiliation: State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk, 630559, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Andrey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Shipovalov
authors.affiliation: State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk, 630559, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Svetlana V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Svyatchenko
authors.affiliation: State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk, 630559, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Alexander G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Durymanov
authors.affiliation: State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk, 630559, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Tatyana N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Ilyicheva
authors.affiliation: Tyva Republic Regional office of Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor), Kyzyl, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Lyudmila K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Salchak
authors.affiliation: Hygienic and Epidemiological center of Tyva Republic, Kyzyl, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Elena P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Svintitskaya
authors.affiliation: State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk, 630559, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Valeriy N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Mikheev
authors.affiliation: State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk, 630559, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Alexander B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ryzhikov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D000071225:Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D051379:Mice; D010802:Phylogeny; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology