Evolution of influenza a virus by mutation and re-assortment

W Shao, X Li, MU Goraya, S Wang… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Influenza A virus (IAV), a highly infectious respiratory pathogen, has continued to be a
significant threat to global public health. To complete their life cycle, influenza viruses have …

H5 influenza, a global update

R Harfoot, RJ Webby - Journal of microbiology, 2017 - Springer
H5 influenza viruses have caused much alarm globally due to their high pathogenic
potential. As yet we have not seen sustained spread of the virus amongst humans despite a …

Novel reassortant H9N2 viruses in pigeons and evidence for antigenic diversity of H9N2 viruses isolated from quails in Egypt

A Kandeil, R El-Shesheny… - Journal of General …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
The endemicity of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) among Egyptian poultry represents a public
health risk. Co-circulation of low pathogenic AIV H9N2 subtype with highly pathogenic AIV …

Avian influenza H5N1 surveillance and its dynamics in poultry in live bird markets, Egypt

I ElMasry, H Elshiekh, A Abdlenabi… - Transboundary and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1 HPAI), is an endemic disease that is
significant for public health in Egypt. Live bird markets (LBM s) are widespread in Egypt and …

N-glycan profiles in H9N2 avian influenza viruses from chicken eggs and human embryonic lung fibroblast cells

W Chen, Y Zhong, R Su, H Qi, W Deng, Y Sun… - Journal of virological …, 2017 - Elsevier
N-glycosylation can affect the host specificity, virulence and infectivity of influenza A viruses
(IAVs). In this study, the distribution and evolution of N-glycosylation sites in the …

[HTML][HTML] Protective efficacy of combined trivalent inactivated ISA 71 oil adjuvant vaccine against avian influenza virus subtypes (H9N2 and H5N1) and Newcastle …

ZM Ali, MAEM Hassan, HA Hussein, BM Ahmed… - Veterinary …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aim: The objective of the present study was to prepare a trivalent inactivated vaccine of
Newcastle disease virus (NDV), H5N1, and H9N2 viruses. Materials and Methods: Three …

Co-circulation of paramyxo-and influenza viruses in pigeons in Egypt

SMG Mansour, FF Mohamed, AAM Eid, SK Mor… - Avian …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, avian influenza virus (AIV) and Newcastle disease virus (NDV) have caused
large-scale outbreaks in many countries, including Egypt. The culling and vaccination …

Avian influenza H5N1 vaccination efficacy in Egyptian backyard poultry

A Kandeil, A Mostafa, R El-Shesheny, AN El-Taweel… - Vaccine, 2017 - Elsevier
Raising backyard poultry under low biosecurity conditions is a common practice in Egypt.
While vaccination is routinely applied in Egypt in commercial settings to curb the spread of …

How's the Flu Getting Through? Landscape genetics suggests both humans and birds spread H5N1 in Egypt

SG Young, M Carrel, A Kitchen, GP Malanson… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
First introduced to Egypt in 2006, H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza has resulted in
the death of millions of birds and caused over 350 infections and at least 117 deaths in …

Single gene reassortment of highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 in the low pathogenic H9N2 backbone and its impact on pathogenicity and infectivity of novel …

Y Moatasim, A Kandeil, A Mostafa, SKA elghaffar… - Archives of …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Avian influenza A H5N1 and H9N2 viruses have been extensively circulating in
various avian species and frequently infect mammals, including humans. The synchronous …