H9N2 influenza A virus circulates in H5N1 endemically infected poultry population in Egypt

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-243

  Monne, Isabella ^a   Hussein, Hussein A ^b   Fusaro, Alice ^a   Valastro, Viviana ^a   Hamoud, Mohamed M ^b   Khalefa, Rabab A ^c   Dardir, Shahin N ^c   Radwan, Moustafa I ^d   Capua, Ilaria ^a   Cattoli, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

^c Private Poultry Consultant   (Egypt)

^d Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Egypt; H9N2; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BROILER; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRACHEITIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGYPT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 84876469201     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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