Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 in Africa: A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis and molecular characterization of isolates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Cattoli, Giovanni ^a   Monne, Isabella ^a   Fusaro, Alice ^a   Joannis, Tony M ^b   Lombin, Lami H ^b   Aly, Mona M ^c   Arafa, Abdel S ^c   Sturm Ramirez, Katherine M ^d   Couacy Hymann, Emmanuel ^e   Awuni, Joseph A ^f   Batawui, Komla B ^g   Awoume, Kodzo A ^g   Aplogan, Gilbert L ^h   Sow, Adama ⁱ   Ngangnou, Andrè C ^j   El Nasri Hamza, Imam M ^k   Gamatié, Djibo ^l   Dauphin, Gwenaelle ^m   Domenech, Joseph M ^m   Capua, Ilaria ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^c National Laboratory for Quality Control on Poultry Production   (Egypt)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Laboratoire central de pathologie animale   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f Accra Veterinary Laboratory   (Ghana)

^g Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire   (Togo)

^h Laboratoire de Diagnostic Vétérinaire et de Sérosurveillance   (Benin)

ⁱ Laboratoire National d'Elevage   (Burkina Faso)

^j Laboratoire National Veterinaire   (Cameroon)

^k Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

^l Direction des Laboratoires Vétérinaires   (Niger)

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS SIALIDASE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EUROPE; FOWL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

AFRICA; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 62849107779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004842     Document Type: Article

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