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H9N2 influenza A virus circulates in H5N1 endemically infected poultry population in Egypt

  1. Isabella Monne1,
  2. Hussein A. Hussein2,
  3. Alice Fusaro1,
  4. Viviana Valastro1,
  5. Mohamed M. Hamoud3,
  6. Rabab A. Khalefa4,
  7. Shahin N. Dardir4,
  8. Moustafa I. Radwan5,
  9. Ilaria Capua1,
  10. Giovanni Cattoli1

Article first published online: 2 JUL 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00399.x

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Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Volume 7, Issue 3, pages 240–243, May 2013

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Monne, I., Hussein, H. A., Fusaro, A., Valastro, V., Hamoud, M. M., Khalefa, R. A., Dardir, S. N., Radwan, M. I., Capua, I. and Cattoli, G. (2013), H9N2 influenza A virus circulates in H5N1 endemically infected poultry population in Egypt. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 7: 240–243. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00399.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Research & Development Department, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, OIE/FAO and National Reference Laboratory for Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza, OIE Collaborating Centre for Diseases at the Human-Animal Interface, Legnaro, Padova, Italy.

  2. 2

    Virology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

  3. 3

    Poultry and Rabbit Diseases Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

  4. 4

    Private Poultry Consultant, Giza, Egypt.

  5. 5

    National Lab for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production, Animal Heath Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt.

*Isabella Monne, Research & Development Department, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, OIE/FAO and National Reference Laboratory for Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza, OIE Collaborating Centre for Diseases at the Human-Animal Interface. Viale dell’Università 10, Legnaro 35020, Padova, Italy. E-mail: imonne@izsvenezie.it

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 APR 2013
  2. Article first published online: 2 JUL 2012
  3. Accepted 16 May 2012. Published Online 2 July 2012.

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Keywords:

  • Avian influenza;
  • Egypt;
  • H9N2;
  • phylogeny

We describe the identification and characterization of the H9N2 influenza subtype reported in Egyptian broiler and broiler breeder farms for the first time. Circulation of this subtype in a highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus endemic population provides an opportunity for genetic reassortment and emergence of novel viruses.

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