High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H7N6 virus detected in New Zealand poultry
We report the genome sequence of a high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) virus (<i>Alphainfluenzavirus, Orthomyxoviridae</i>), subtyped as H7N6, sampled on a poultry farm November 2024 in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. The genome was sequenced with Oxford Nanopore sequencing technology.
Authors
- Yee Syuen Low
- Lonty K. Bryant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1402-3699)
- Ruy Jáuregui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3484-8937)
- Michelle Thunders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6722-7072)
- W. L. Stanislawek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-5710)
- Anastasia Chernyavtseva
- Edna Gias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2534-918X)
- Joseph O’Keefe
- Andrew Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-5593)
- Sylvia Ohneiser
Institutions
- Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiology Resource Announcements
- Published
- 2025-04-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00088-25
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.06