Emergence of a novel cluster of influenza a(H5n1) virus clade 2.2.1.2 with putative human health impact in Egypt, 2014/15

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2015, Pages

  Arafa, A S ^a   Naguib, M M ^a,b   Luttermann, C ^b   Selim, A A ^a   Kilany, W H ^a   Hagag, N ^a   Samy, A ^a   Abdelhalim, A ^a   Hassan, M K ^a   Abdelwhab, E M ^a   Makonnen, Y ^c   Dauphin, G ^d   Lubroth, J ^d   Mettenleiter, T C ^b   Beer, M ^b   Grund, C ^b   Harder, T C ^b  

^a Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)   (Egypt)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; SIALIDASE; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EGYPT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POULTRY DISEASES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EGYPT; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84926442146     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.13.21085     Document Type: Article

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