Co-circulation of two sublineages of HPAI H5N1 virus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with unique molecular signatures suggesting separate introductions into the commercial poultry and falconry sectors

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2691-2697

  Monne, Isabella ^a   Fusaro, Alice ^a   Al Blowi, Mohamed Hamad ^b   Ismail, Mahmoud Moussa ^c   Khan, Owais Ahmed ^d   Dauphin, Gwenaëlle ^e   Tripodi, Astrid ^e   Salviato, Annalisa ^a   Marangon, Stefano ^a   Capua, Ilaria ^a   Cattoli, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b Ministry of Communications   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KAFRELSHEIKH UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory   (Saudi Arabia)

^e FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALCONIFORMES; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; RAPTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRULENCE;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 56349153651     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/004259-0     Document Type: Article

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