The Genome Sequence of an H6N5 Influenza A Virus Strain Isolated from a Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) Sampled in Alaska, USA, Shares High Identity with That of a South Korean Wild Bird Strain

Andrew B Reeves; Andrew M Ramey; Rebecca L Poulson; David E Stallknecht

doi:10.1128/MRA.00639-20

The Genome Sequence of an H6N5 Influenza A Virus Strain Isolated from a Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) Sampled in Alaska, USA, Shares High Identity with That of a South Korean Wild Bird Strain

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Aug 13;9(33):e00639-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00639-20.

Authors

Andrew B Reeves¹, Andrew M Ramey², Rebecca L Poulson³, David E Stallknecht³

Affiliations

¹ U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska, USA areeves@usgs.gov.
² U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
³ Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.

Abstract

We report the genome sequence of an H6N5 influenza A virus isolated from a northern pintail sampled in Alaska in 2017. All segment sequences shared >99% nucleotide identity with those of a wild bird strain from South Korea. This finding supports viral dispersal between East Asia and North America by wild birds.