Article
Natural Reassortants of Potentially Zoonotic Avian Influenza Viruses H5N1 and H9N2 from Egypt Display Distinct Pathogenic Phenotypes in Experimentally Infected Chickens and Ferrets.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2017
Naguib Mahmoud M, Ulrich Reiner, Kasbohm Elisa, Eng Christine L P, Hoffmann Donata, Grund Christian, Beer Martin, Harder Timm C
Abstract excerpt
The cocirculation of zoonotic highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) of subtype H5N1 and avian influenza virus (AIV) of subtype H9N2 among poultry in Egypt for at least 6 years should render that country a hypothetical hot spot for the emergence of reassortant, phenotypically altered viruses, yet no reassortants have been detected in Egypt. The present investigations proved that reassortants of the...
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