Global epidemiology of avian influenza A H5N1 virus infection in humans, 1997–2015: a systematic review of individual case data

S Lai, Y Qin, BJ Cowling, X Ren… - The Lancet infectious …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Summary Avian influenza A H5N1 viruses have caused many, typically severe, human
infections since the first human case was reported in 1997. However, no comprehensive …

Introduction and enzootic of A/H5N1 in Egypt: Virus evolution, pathogenicity and vaccine efficacy ten years on

EM Abdelwhab, MK Hassan, AS Abdel-Moneim… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
It is almost a decade since the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus (A/H5N1) of
clade 2.2. 1 was introduced to Egypt in 2005, most likely, via wild birds; marking the longest …

[HTML][HTML] Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in Egypt

G Kayali, A Kandeil, R El-Shesheny… - Emerging infectious …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In Egypt, avian influenza A subtype H5N1 and H9N2 viruses are enzootic in poultry. The
control plan devised by veterinary authorities in Egypt to prevent infections in poultry …

The avian influenza H9N2 at avian-human interface: A possible risk for the future pandemics

S RahimiRad, A Alizadeh, E Alizadeh… - Journal of Research in …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
The avian influenza subtype H9N2 is considered a low pathogenic virus which is endemic in
domestic poultry of a majority of Asian countries. Many reports of seropositivity in …

Recombinant Newcastle disease virus expressing H9 HA protects chickens against heterologous avian influenza H9N2 virus challenge

A Nagy, J Lee, I Mena, J Henningson, Y Li, J Ma… - Vaccine, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to produce an efficient poultry H9 avian influenza vaccine that provides cross-
protection against multiple H9 lineages, two Newcastle disease virus (NDV) LaSota vaccine …

Re-emergence of amantadine-resistant variants among highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses in Egypt

R El-Shesheny, O Bagato, A Kandeil, A Mostafa… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus continues to undergo substantial
evolution. Emergence of antiviral resistance among H5N1 avian influenza viruses is a major …

Generation of a reassortant avian influenza virus H5N2 vaccine strain capable of protecting chickens against infection with Egyptian H5N1 and H9N2 viruses

A Kandeil, Y Moatasim, MR Gomaa, MM Shehata… - Vaccine, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Avian influenza H5N1 viruses have been enzootic in Egyptian poultry
since 2006. Avian influenza H9N2 viruses which have been circulating in Egyptian poultry …

Risk assessment of recent Egyptian H5N1 influenza viruses

AS Arafa, S Yamada, M Imai, T Watanabe… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses of the H5N1 subtype are enzootic in
poultry populations in different parts of the world, and have caused numerous human …

Public health implications of animal influenza viruses

NJ Cox, SC Trock, TM Uyeki - Animal influenza, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence and spread in birds of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses,
along with the ability of these viruses to cause severe infections and deaths in humans (60 …

Predicting avian influenza co-infection with H5N1 and H9N2 in Northern Egypt

SG Young, M Carrel, GP Malanson, MA Ali… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Human outbreaks with avian influenza have been, so far, constrained by poor viral
adaptation to non-avian hosts. This could be overcome via co-infection, whereby two strains …