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. 2006 Nov;12(11):1744–1747. doi: 10.3201/eid1211.060542

Table. Genetic comparison of 8 gene segments of the H5N1 influenza virus isolated from the dog's lung (KU-08) to those of H5N1 isolates from Thailand*.

KU-08: dog (Oct 04)†
Region of comparison
% nucleotide identity
GD-1: goose (1996)‡ CU-K2:chicken (Jan 04)§ SP-33: human (Jan 04)¶ Ti-1: tiger (Jan 04)# KU-02: cat (Jan 04)** CU-23: chicken (Jul 04)†† CU-T3: tiger (Oct 04)‡‡ CK-160: chicken (Oct 05)§§ NK-165: human (Dec 05)¶¶ QH-65: goose (Jun 05)##
HA 46–1623 96.0 97.1 99.0 99.6 99.6 99.6 100.0 99.2 98.9 96.8
NA 28–1296 91.6 99.3 99.3 99.5 99.5 99.9 100.0 98.5 98.8 97.2
M 1–801 96.1 99.5 99.6 99.4 99.9 99.9 100.0 99.4 99.3 98.1
NS 37–789 68.5 99.0 99.2 99.3 99.5 99.3 100.0 99.1 99.0 96.4
NP 58–1428 92.6 99.7 99.7 99.6 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.1 99.1 98.1
PA 28–2118 93.5 99.4 99.3 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.7 99.2 98.8 97.7
PB1 67–2229 93.4 99.6 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.9 100.0 99.1 98.8 97.9
PB2 88-2220 94.0 99.4 99.3 99.4 99.7 99.8 99.8 98.9 98.9 97.5

*HA, hemagluttinin; NA, neuraminadase; M, matrix; NS, nonstructural; NP,nucleoprotein; PA, polymerase A; PB, polymerase basic protein.
†A/dog/Thailand-Suphanburi/KU-08/04 (DQ530170–7).
‡A/Goose/Guangdong/1/96 (AF144300–7).
§A/chicken/Nakorn-Patom/Thailand/CU-K2/04 (AY590567- 8, AY590578–82, AY551934).
¶A/Thailand/SP-33/04 (AY555152–3, AY627893–8).
#A/tiger/Suphanburi/Thailand/Ti-1/04 (AY646167–74).
**A/cat/Thailand/KU-02/04 (DQ236077–84).
††A/chicken/Ayutthaya/Thailand/CU-23/04 (AY770991- AY7709918).
‡‡A/tiger/Thailand/CU-T3/04 (AY907672–3, AY842935–6, AY972547–50).
§§A/chicken/Thailand/Kanchanaburi/CK-160/05 (DQ334757–64).
¶¶A/Thailand/NK165/05 (DQ372591–8).
##A/Bar-headed Goose/Qinghai/65/05 (DQ095622, DQ095642, DQ095662, DQ095682, DQ095702, DQ095722, DQ095742, DQ095762).