Epidemiology, ecology and gene pool of influenza A virus in Egypt: will Egypt be the epicentre of the next influenza pandemic?

EM Abdelwhab, AS Abdel-Moneim - Virulence, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Outside Asia, Egypt is considered to be an influenza H5N1 epicentre and presents a far
greater pandemic risk than other countries. The long-term endemicity of H5N1 and the …

Avian influenza A (H5N1) and A (H9N2) seroprevalence and risk factors for infection among Egyptians: a prospective, controlled seroepidemiological study

MR Gomaa, AS Kayed, MA Elabd… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background. A (H5N1) and A (H9N2) avian influenza viruses are enzootic in
Egyptian poultry, and most A (H5N1) human cases since 2009 have occurred in Egypt. Our …

Evolutionary trajectories and diagnostic challenges of potentially zoonotic avian influenza viruses H5N1 and H9N2 co-circulating in Egypt

MM Naguib, ASA Arafa, MF El-Kady, AA Selim… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In Egypt, since 2006, descendants of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HP AIV)
H5N1 of clade 2.2 continue to cause sharp losses in poultry production and seriously …

[HTML][HTML] Increased number of human cases of influenza virus A (H5N1) infection, Egypt, 2014–15

S Refaey, E Azziz-Baumgartner, MM Amin… - Emerging infectious …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract During November 2014–April 2015, a total of 165 case-patients with influenza virus
A (H5N1) infection, including 6 clusters and 51 deaths, were identified in Egypt. Among …

Emergence of novel clade 2.3. 4 influenza A (H5N1) virus subgroups in Yunnan Province, China

T Hu, J Song, W Zhang, H Zhao, B Duan, Q Liu… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract From December 2013 to March 2014, a major wave of highly pathogenic avian
influenza outbreak occurred in poultry in Yunnan Province, China. We isolated and …

[HTML][HTML] Household transmission of zoonotic influenza viruses in a cohort of Egyptian poultry growers

AS El Rifay, MA Elabd, DA Zeid… - JMIR research …, 2015 - researchprotocols.org
Background: The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses and the low pathogenic
H9N2 viruses are enzootic in Egyptian poultry. Several cases of human infection with H5N1 …

[PDF][PDF] Will Egypt unleash another flu pandemic

I Hussein - Nature Middle East, 2015 - researchgate.net
Generally, influenza viruses are a large group of pathogens that peacefully inhabit the guts
of wild migratory waterfowl. These viruses are continuously evolving and occasionally …

Design and simulation of proportional biological operational mu-circuit

D Xu, Z Cai, K Liu, X Zeng, Y Ouyang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is challenging yet desirable to quantitatively control the expression of a target gene in
practice. We design a device-Proportional Biological Operational Mu-circuit (P-BOM) …

[PDF][PDF] Avian influenza in Egypt

DA Abdelmoaty - researchgate.net
1 Abdelmoaty, DA dody.ahmed@gmail.com Avian influenza in Egypt Avian influenza (AI), is
highly contagious and zoonotic disease Page 1 1 Abdelmoaty, DA dody.ahmed@gmail.com …