Likely H5N1 in Northwestern Turkey
Recombinomics Commentary 20:08
January 21, 2008
Several dead chickens tested positive for the bird flu virus in a northern Turkish village, Agriculture authorities said Monday, adding that further tests were underway to determine the virus strain.
The chickens were found dead in Saz, a village in Zonguldak province
The above comments describe likely H5N1 in Turkey (see satellite map). The location on the shores of the Black Sea increase the likelihood of H5N1 related to the outbreak described earlier in Romania. In the fall of 2005, both Romania and western Turkey reported H5N1 outbreaks.
The sequences from the recent Romanian outbreak have been published and are the Uva Lake strain.
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