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INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES
Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 1241-1245Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12143
Keywords
Falconry; genetic mixing; H9N2 avian influenza viruses; Middle East; white-bellied bustard
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services [HHSN266200700005C]
- American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC)
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Background H9N2 avian influenza viruses continue to spread in poultry and wild birds throughout Eurasia. Objectives To characterize H9N2 influenza viruses from pheasants, quail, and white-bellied bustards (WBBs) used to train falcons in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Methods Four H9N2 viruses were isolated from pheasants, quail, and WBB used for falconry in the UAE, and antigenic, molecular, phylogenetic analysis, and invivo characterization of H9N2 viruses were performed. Results and conclusions The pheasant and WBB isolates were antigenically and molecularly clearly related and along with the quail isolates contained multiple avian-human substitutions. The release of smuggled H9N2-infected birds for falconry may contribute to the spread of these viruses to wild birds, domestic poultry, and humans.
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