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Complete genome characterization of avian influenza virus subtype H9N2 from a commercial quail flock in Egypt.
Virus genes - 1 Oct 2012
Arafa Abdel-Satar, Hagag Naglaa, Erfan Ahmed, Mady Wessam, El-Husseiny Mohamed, Adel Amany, Nasef Soad
Abstract excerpt
The suspected presence of avian influenza virus subtype H9N2 in poultry in Egypt is a major concern since this subtype is widely distributed in different countries in the Middle East, here we describe the full genetic characterization of an avian influenza A virus (Qa/Egypt/11; H9N2) of subtype H9N2 that was previously isolated from a clinically normal quail flock in Giza, Egypt in May 2011. The nucleotide...
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