Avian influenza A virus (H5N1) outbreaks, Kuwait, 2007

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jun;14(6):958-61. doi: 10.3201/eid1406.080056.

Abstract

Phylogenetic analysis of influenza A viruses (H5N1) isolated from Kuwait in 2007 show that (H5N1) sublineage clade 2.2 viruses continue to spread across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Virus isolates were most closely related to isolates from central Asia and were likely vectored by migratory birds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chickens / virology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / genetics
  • Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / genetics
  • Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza in Birds / epidemiology*
  • Influenza in Birds / virology
  • Kuwait / epidemiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Poultry Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Poultry Diseases / virology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus
  • hemagglutinin, avian influenza A virus

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