... subtyped by performing RT-PCRs and sequenc-ing for the HA2 and full-length NA genes [10,11]. The nucleotide sequences obtained in this study were depos-ited in the EMBL database (EMBL: FM179 753 - FM179764, ... for the 3'-part of the hemagglutinin (HA) gene, encompassing almost the entire HA2, and the full-length of the neuraminidase (NA) gene, followed by sequencing and characterization. The ... to the Netherlands during the same time of the year [3]. Follow-ing the outbreak of highly-pathogenic avian influenza(HPAI) H5 at Qinghai Lake in China in 2005, where 10000 wilds geese and...