Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b Infections in Seals, Russia, 2023
Ivan Sobolev
, Alexander Alekseev, Kirill Sharshov, Maria Chistyaeva, Alexander Ivanov, Olga Kurskaya, Olesia Ohlopkova, Alexey Moshkin, Anastasiya Derko, Arina Loginova, Mariya Solomatina, Alimurad Gadzhiev, Yuhai Bi, and Alexander Shestopalov
Author affiliations: Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia (I. Sobolev, A. Alekseev, K. Sharshov, M. Chistyaeva, O. Kurskaya, O. Ohlopkova, A. Moshkin, A. Derko, A. Loginova, M. Solomatina, A. Shestopalov); Green Sakhalin Nature and Environment Protection Fund, Kholmsk, Russia (A. Ivanov); Dagestan State University, Makhachkala, Russia (A. Gadzhiev); Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (Y. Bi)
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Figure 1. Investigation of seal deaths caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus clade 2.3.4.4b on Tyuleniy Island in eastern Russia. A) Location of Tyuleniy Island in the Sea of Okhotsk. B, C) Deceased seals infected with the virus.
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