Epidemiological findings of outbreaks of disease caused by highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in poultry in Egypt during 2006

Avian Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-277

  Aly, M M ^a   Arafa, A ^a   Hassan, M K ^a  

^a Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Epidemiological findings; Genetic characterization of HA gene; Highly pathogenic avian influenza; Laboratory diagnostic methods; Rural and commercial poultry; Subtype H5N1

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ, AVIAN INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANAS; ANSER; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 45849134088     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8166-103007-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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