Table 1 Percent nucleotide and protein identity between FAV-002/H5N1 and top NCBI BLAST matches for eight gene segments.

From: Pathobiological Characterization of a Novel Reassortant Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Virus Isolated in British Columbia, Canada, 2015

Segment/Lineage

% Nucleotide Identity similarity

% Protein identity similarity

PB2/Eurasian

A/gyrfalcon/Washington/41088-6/2014(H5N8) 2276/2280 (99%)

A/gyrfalcon/Washington/41088-6/2014(H5N8) 758/759 (100%)

PB1/North American

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) 2270/2274 (99%)

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) 756/757 (99%)

PA/North American

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) 2147/2151 (99%)

A/mallard/Alaska/44430-148/2008(H4N6) 715/716 (99%)

HA/Eurasian

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) 1700/1704 (99%)

A/gyrfalcon/Washington/41088-6/2014(H5N8) 566/567 (99%)

NP/Eurasian

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) 1496/1497 (99%)

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) 498/498 (100%)

NA/North American

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) 1312/1314 (99%)*

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) 463/485 (96%)

M/ Eurasian

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) 987/987 (100%)

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) M1 - 97/97 (100%) & M2 - 252/252 (100%)

NS/North American

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) 850/850 (100%)

A/American green-winged teal/Washington/195750/2014(H5N1) NS2 - 121/121 (100%); NS1 - 230/230 (100%)

  1. *Excluding the 57 nucleotide deletion in the stalk region.