Continuing threat of influenza (H5N1) virus circulation in Egypt

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2306-2308

  Kayali, Ghazi ^a   El Shesheny, Rabeh ^b   Kutkat, Mohamed A ^b   Kandeil, Ahmed M ^b   Mostafa, Ahmed ^b   Ducatez, Mariette F ^a   McKenzie, Pamela P ^a   Govorkova, Elena A ^a   Nasraa, Mohamed H ^b   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)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EGYPT; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POULTRY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84930475620     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1712.110683     Document Type: Article

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