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Modified H5 real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR oligonucleotides for detection of divergent avian influenza H5N1 viruses in Egypt.
Avian diseases - 1 Dec 2010
Abdelwhab E M, Abdelwhab El-Sayed M, Arafa Abdel-Satar, Erfan Ahmed M, Aly Mona M, Hafez Hafez M
Abstract excerpt
The efforts exerted to prevent circulation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in birds are the best way to prevent the emergence of a new virus subtype with pandemic potential. Despite the blanket vaccination strategy against HPAI H5N1 in Egypt, continuous circulation of the virus in poultry has increased since late 2007 as a result of the presence of genetic and antigenic distinct variant...
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