H5N1 Confirmed in Third Region in Northern Turkey
Recombinomics Commentary 07:51
February 5, 2008
The outbreak was discovered in the village of Yenicam, Sakarya province, where dozens of chicken died recently
vets have culled nearly 700 animals and carried out health checks on residents
The above comments describe confirmed H5N1 at a third region in Turkey along the southern coast of the Black Sea (see satellite map). Once again H5N1 is detected in poultry in the absence of detection in wild birds, signaling a deficient surveillance program in Turkey. This outbreak follows confirmation of H5N1 in two other locations in Turkey as well as outbreaks in Krasnodar, Rostov, Ukraine, Romania, and Iran.
Sequences from Romania and Krasnodar link back to Uva Lake, which is now widespread in Europe. However, the Rostov isolate is clade 2.2.3 similar to earlier isolates in Russia, including Moscow.
Release of sequences from the three recent outbreaks in Turkey would be useful.
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