Dr. Niman's Corner

USDA has released novel October 2015 H3N2v swine sequences with an H3 that matches 2012 cases and an N2 matching 2011 cases.

USDA released 2015 North Carolina swine sequences that match 2012 human cases.

USDA releases 2015 Minnesota swine sequences that match 2012 cases.

USDA releases October 2015 Illinois swine sequences that match 2012 cases.

USDA releases novel October H3N2v Arkansas swine sequences released with H3 matching seasonal 2011, N2 matching 2012 cases, MP matching 2010 cases.

USDA has released 2015 Arkansas swine which match human 2012 sequences.

USDA has released September 2015 North Carolina swine sequences which match 2010 H3 human cases and 2012 N2 human case with unique H1N1pdm09 MP sequences.

USDA releases September 2015 North Carolina swine sequences that match 2012 cases.

USDA has released September 2015 Minnesota swine sequences which match 2012 cases.

USDA has released August 2015 Minnesota swine sequences which match 2012 cases.

USDA has released Iowa swine sequences from a September 28 collection which matches human 2012 cases.

June 2014 partial sequences from afield outbreak in a dromedary camel farm in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates are identical to human sequences.

Kimron Veterinari Institute in Israel releases 2015 H5N1 poultry sequences which match Egypt.

APHIS releases Fujian H5N2 from LaMoure, A/turkey/North Dakota/15-013049-1/2015,

Fujian H5N2 sequences in Nebraska match novel Iowa sub-clade.

APHIS releases full H5N2 Fujian sequences from Judith Basin, A/chicken/Montana/15-010559-1/2015

APHIS has released a full set of Fujian H5N2 from Dickey County. A/turkey/North Dakota/15-011420-13/2015

APHIS releases full Fujian H5N2 sequences from Barron County, A/turkey/Wisconsin/15-012012-2/2015

Seoul National University College of Medicine has released 13 partial (615 BP) S gene sequences from June collections from South Korea MERS cases which match the index case.

New 2015 Fujian H5 sequences at MoH website.

Full H5N8 sequences from dead mute swans in Stockholm Sweden in 2015 have been released at GISAID.

2014 Guangdong swine sequences are closely related to human Guangzhou case.

Thailand MoPH has released full MERS June 2015 import sequence, MERS-CoV/THA/CU/17_06_2015, which matches sequences from South Korea and Guangdong Province, China.

Novel Kawasaki GII-17 Norovirus In Italy - Eurosurveillance http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=21222

Mill Hill has released 2015 Fujian clade 2.3.2 sequences from a chicken in Ghana.