Table 1 Nucleotide homology of genes of influenza virus strain A/turkey/British Columbia/FAV10/2014 (H5N2) to the closest influenza virus strains in GenBank

From: Reassortant Highly Pathogenic Influenza A H5N2 Virus Containing Gene Segments Related to Eurasian H5N8 in British Columbia, Canada, 2014

Gene

Closest related virus strain

GenBank accession no.

Nucleotide identity, %

Lineage

PB2

A/broiler duck/Korea/H49/2014 (H5N8)

KJ508953.1

2268/2280, 99.5%

Eurasian

PB1

A/bufflehead/California/3118/2001 (H4N8)

CY134341.1

2252/2277, 99.0%

North American

PA

A/common teal/Korea/H455-30/2014 (H5N8)

KJ509155.1

2111/2123, 99.4%

Eurasian

HA

A/Baikal teal/Korea/H96/2014 (H5N8)

KJ509036.1

1691/1704, 99.2%

Eurasian

NP

A/American green-winged teal/Ohio/13OS2084/2013 (H6N8)

KJ568114.1

1483/1497, 99.0%

North American

NA

A/northern shoveler/California/3769/2012 (H6N2)

CY177031.1

1397/1410, 99.1%

North American

M

A/mallard/Korea/W452/2014 (H5N8)

KJ746114.1

985/986, 99.9%

Eurasian

NS

A/Baikal teal/Donglim3/2014 (H5N8)

KJ413854.1

853/855, 99.7%

Eurasian

  1. The BLAST analysis was carried out on December 5, 2014.