Active surveillance for avian influenza virus, Egypt, 2010-2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 542-551

  Kayali, Ghazi ^a   Kandeil, Ahmed ^b   El Shesheny, Rabeh ^b   Kayed, Ahmed S ^b   Gomaa, Mokhtar M ^b   Maatouq, Asmaa M ^b   Shehata, Mahmoud M ^b   Moatasim, Yassmin ^b   Bagato, Ola ^b   Cai, Zhipeng ^c   Rubrum, Adam ^a   Kutkat, Mohamed A ^b   McKenzie, Pamela P ^a   Webster, Robert G ^a   Webby, Richard J ^a   Ali, Mohamed A ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EGYPT; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; MASS SCREENING; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIRD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGYPT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS;

EID: 84896457341     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2004.131295     Document Type: Article

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