Isolation of H9N2 avian influenza virus from bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) in Egypt

Archives of Virology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1167-1172

  El Zoghby, Elham F ^a   Arafa, Abdel Satar ^a   Hassan, Mohamed K ^a   Aly, Mona M ^a   Selim, Abdullah ^a   Kilany, Walid H ^a   Selim, Usama ^b   Nasef, Soad ^a   Aggor, Mohamed G ^a   Abdelwhab, E M ^a,c,d   Hafez, Hafez M ^c  

^a Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bobwhite quail; Egypt; H9N2; RT qPCR; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; NA PROTEIN, INFLUENZA A VIRUS; SIALIDASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLASSIFICATION; EGYPT; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; QUAIL; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; EGYPT; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAMINIDASE; PHYLOGENY; QUAIL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84861774771     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-012-1269-z     Document Type: Article

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