20.06.2016

During the active monitoring of the ornithofauna in the surroundings of Ubsu-Nur Lake, a few wild birds were shot. Genome of HPAI H5 avian influenza virus was detected in 17 samples from carcasses of birds [black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus), grey heron (Ardea cinerea), common tern (Sterna hirundo), great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus), great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), duck (Anatidae)]. Sequence analysis of the isolates showed that they belonged to the Asian HPAI virus H5 lineage A/Guandong/1/96, clade 2.3.4.4.