Reassortant avian influenza virus (H5N1) in poultry, Nigeria, 2007.
Genetic characterization of a selection of influenza virus (H5N1) samples, circulating in 8 Nigerian states over a 39-day period in early 2007, indicates that a new reassortant strain is present in 7 of the 8 states. Our study reports an entirely different influenza virus (H5N1) reassortant becoming predominant and widespread in poultry.
Monne
Isabella
I
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Padova, Italy [corrected]
Joannis
Tony M
TM
Fusaro
Alice
A
De Benedictis
Paola
P
Lombin
Lami H
LH
Ularamu
Husseini
H
Egbuji
Anthony
A
Solomon
Poman
P
Obi
Tim U
TU
Cattoli
Giovanni
G
Capua
Ilaria
I
D000818:Animals; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D011200:Poultry; D016865:Reassortant Viruses / Q000235:genetics*