Characterization of a non-pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus isolated from a migratory duck flying from Siberia in Hokkaido, Japan, in October 2009

Table 4 Characterization of the genes of A/mallard/Hokkaido/24/09 (H5N1)

		Viruses with highest homology		Homologies (%)	Lineages
Gene segments^a	Region of examined nucleotides	Name^b	Accession numbers
PB2	14-2293	Sbd/Korea/619/08 (H6N2)	GQ414790	98	Eurasian
PB1	9-2269	Sbd/Korea/540/08 (H6N1)	GQ414822	98	Eurasian
PA	1-2200	Dk/Shiga/8/04 (H4N6)	AB304146	98	Eurasian
HA	79-1726	Bg/Cheonsuman/18/07 (H5N2)	FJ767718	98	Eurasian
NP	31-1527	Mal/SanJiang/151/06 (H6N2)	EF592496	99	Eurasian
NA	1-1422	Gs/Italy/296426/03 (H1N1)	FJ432780	97	Eurasian
M	1-983	Mal/Minnesota/153/98 (H9N2)	GU051519	98	North American
NS	1-838	Gu/Astrakhan/1846/98 (H13N6)	GU052231	98	Eurasian

^a GenBank accession number of each gene of Mal/Hokkaido/24/09 (H5N1): PB2 [AB530989], PB1 [AB530990], PA [AB530991], HA [AB530992],
NP [AB530993], NA [AB530994], M [AB530995], and NS [AB530996].
^b Abbreviations: Sbd (Spot-billed duck), Dk (Duck), Bg (Bean goose), Mal (Mallard), Gs (Goose), Gu (Gull).

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