Molecular characterization of avian influenza H5N1 virus in Egypt and the emergence of a novel endemic subclade

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 95, Issue PART 7, 2014, Pages 1444-1463

  El Shesheny, Rabeh ^a   Kandeil, Ahmed ^a   Bagato, Ola ^a   Maatouq, Asmaa M ^a   Moatasim, Yassmin ^a   Rubrum, Adam ^b   Song, Min Suk ^b   Webby, Richard J ^b   Ali, Mohamed Ahmed ^a   Kayali, Ghazi ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EGYPT; GENOTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84902687662     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.063495-0     Document Type: Article

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