Potential Biological and Climatic Factors That Influence the Incidence and Persistence of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus in Egypt

Potential Biological and Climatic Factors That Influence the Incidence and Persistence of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus in Egypt

Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus (A/H5N1) of clade 2.2.1 is endemic in poultry in Egypt where the highest number of human infections worldwide was reported. During the last 12 years the Egyptian A/H5N1 evolved into several genotypes. In 2007-2014 vaccinated poultry suffered from antigeni...

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Main Authors: Ahmed H. Salaheldin, Elisa Kasbohm, Heba El-Naggar, Reiner Ulrich, David Scheibner, Marcel Gischke, Mohamed K. Hassan, Abdel-Satar A. Arafa, Wafaa M. Hassan, Hatem S. Abd El-Hamid, Hafez M. Hafez, Jutta Veits, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Elsayed M. Abdelwhab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
H5N1
highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
poultry
meteorological factors
epidemiology
ducks
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00528/full

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