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Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus from live migratory birds in Bangladesh.
Virus genes - 1 Dec 2014
Parvin Rokshana, Kamal Abu H M, Haque Md E, Chowdhury Emdadul H, Giasuddin Mohammed, Islam Mohammad R, Vahlenkamp Thomas W
Abstract excerpt
Since the first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) subtype H5N1 in Bangladesh in 2007, the virus has been circulating among domestic poultry causing severe economic losses. To investigate the presence of HPAIV H5N1 in migratory birds and their potential role in virus spread, 205 pools of fecal samples from live migratory birds were analyzed. Here, the first virus isolation and genome...
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