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. 2015 Jul;21(7):1275-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid2107.150421.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Poultry, Nigeria, 2015

Isabella Monne, Clement Meseko, Tony Joannis, Ismaila Shittu, Mohammed Ahmed, Luca Tassoni, Alice Fusaro, Giovanni Cattoli

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Poultry, Nigeria, 2015

Isabella Monne et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: Nigeria; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A(H5N1); influenza; poultry; reassortment; viruses.

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Maximum likelihood phylogenetic trees of the A) hemagglutinin and B) polymerase basic 2 gene segments of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus from poultry in Nigeria, 2015 (in red). Bootstrap values (100 replicates) >60 are shown at the nodes. Scale bars indicate nucleotide substitutions per site. HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza.
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