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INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 240-243Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00399.x
Keywords
Avian influenza; Egypt; H9N2; phylogeny
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- Italian Ministry of Health [RC IZS VE 14/09]
- IFT Corporation, Cairo, Egypt
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We describe the identification and characterization of the H9N2 influenza subtype reported in Egyptian broiler and broiler breeder farms for the first time. Circulation of this subtype in a highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus endemic population provides an opportunity for genetic reassortment and emergence of novel viruses.
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