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Phylodynamics of avian influenza clade 2.2.1 H5N1 viruses in Egypt.
Virology journal - 22 Mar 2016
Arafa Abdelsatar, El-Masry Ihab, Kholosy Shereen, Hassan Mohammed K, Dauphin Gwenaelle, Lubroth Juan, Makonnen Yilma J
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BACKGROUND: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses of the H5N1 subtype are widely distributed within poultry populations in Egypt and have caused multiple human infections. Linking the epidemiological and sequence data is important to understand the transmission, persistence and evolution of the virus. This work describes the phylogenetic dynamics of H5N1 based on molecular characterization of the...
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