Epidemiology, ecology and gene pool of influenza a virus in Egypt: Will Egypt be the epicentre of the next influenza pandemic?

Virulence

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 6-18

  Abdelwhab, E M ^a,b   Abdel Moneim, Ahmed S ^c,d  

^a Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Egypt; Epidemiology; H5N1; H9N2; Influenza; Pandemic; Reassortment; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA VACCINE; EPITOPE; VIRUS RNA;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; ECOLOGY; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EQUINE INFLUENZA; GENE MUTATION; GENE POOL; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H10N7; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N3; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H9N2); INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; PATHOGENICITY; PIG; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; SWINE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MAMMALIA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EGYPT; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84923198788     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/21505594.2014.992662     Document Type: Review

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