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. 2015 Apr 2;20(13):2-8.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.13.21085.

Emergence of a novel cluster of influenza A(H5N1) virus clade 2.2.1.2 with putative human health impact in Egypt, 2014/15

A S Arafa  1 , M M Naguib, C Luttermann, A A Selim, W H Kilany, N Hagag, A Samy, A Abdelhalim, M K Hassan, E M Abdelwhab, Y Makonnen, G Dauphin, J Lubroth, T C Mettenleiter, M Beer, C Grund, T C Harder
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Emergence of a novel cluster of influenza A(H5N1) virus clade 2.2.1.2 with putative human health impact in Egypt, 2014/15

A S Arafa et al. Euro Surveill. .
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Abstract

A distinct cluster of highly pathogenic avian influenzaviruses of subtype A(H5N1) has been found to emergewithin clade 2.2.1.2 in poultry in Egypt since summer2014 and appears to have quickly become predominant.Viruses of this cluster may be associated withincreased incidence of human influenza A(H5N1) infectionsin Egypt over the last months.

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