Sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the haemagglutinin genes of H9N2 avian influenza viruses isolated from commercial chickens in Iran

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1291-1297

  Homayounimehr, Ali Reza ^a   Dadras, Habibollah ^a   Shoushtari, Abdolhamid ^b   Pourbakhsh, Seyyed Ali ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; H9N2; Iran; Phylogenetic; Sequence

Indexed keywords

VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHICKEN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; IRAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEMAGGLUTININS, VIRAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; IRAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 77954458518     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9565-7     Document Type: Article

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