[Experimental infection caused by influenza A (H5N1) virus in common gull (Larus canus)].

The influenza A/common gull/Chany/P/2006 (HSN1) virus strain Isolated from a clinically healthy common gull (Larus canus) caused no death of Its natural host (a common gull). The virus was shown to be capable for effective replication in the tissues of the lung, spleen, and upper respiratory tract and in the intestinal mucosal cells of the common gull with further environmental virus liberation elimination along with mucinous discharges from the cloaca and fauces for 2 weeks. The potential role of this bird species in the circulation of influenza virus is discussed.

[Characteristic of high pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 isolated from common gull (Larus canus)].

Aim: To study biological characteristics of H5N1 influenza virus isolated from common gull on south of West Siberia in 2006.

Materials And Methods: Isolation and characterization of biological characteristics performed according to recommendations of World Health Organization.

Results: Influenza virus A (H5N1) was first isolated from common gull (Larus canus) in Russia.

[Results of two-year-old inspection of the presence of infuenza virus in wild birds in Western Mongolia].

The results of virology inspection of the wild birds living in territory of the Western Mongolia, carried out in 2003-2004 are presented. For the specified period influenza viruses H3 and H4 subtype hemagglutinins are isolated from birds. It is revealed taxonomic and ecological heterogeneity of the birds involved in maintenance of circulation of influenza viruses in the given territory.

[Study of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus isolated from sick and dead birds in Western Siberia].

The mass destruction of domestic birds has been registered in July, 2005 in Novosibirsk region. Influenza virus H5N1 have been isolated from bodies of the lost birds on developing chicken embryos and identified by serological and molecular biological methods. M-gene and genes coding hemagglutinin and neurominidase were in part sequening.

[West Nile virus genotyping among wild birds belonging to ground and tree-brush bird populations on the territories of the Baraba forest-steppe and Kulunda steppe (2003-2004)].

The paper gives the results of the 2003-2004 examinations of 104 wild birds belonging to land tree-brush complexes from the Baraba forest-steppe and Kulunda steppe for the detection and genotyping West Nile virus (WNV). ELISA and RT-PCR were used to show that in the forest-steppe and steppe zones of the south of Western Siberia, WNV circulates among both migrating and settled birds. An analysis of the nucleotide sequence of a protein E gene fragment showed the circulation of WNV genotype Ia in the study birds.