Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 in ducks in the Northern part of Cameroon.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus was first detected in Cameroon in February 2006. Analysis of NA sequences of the virus demonstrated that it is closely related to the H5N1 isolates from Northern Nigeria, Sudan and Ivory Coast, suggesting a common virus ancestor.
Njouom
Richard
R
Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaounde, Cameroon. njouom@pasteur-yaounde.org
Aubin
Jean-Thierry
JT
Bella
Assumpta Lucienne
AL
Demsa
Baschirou Moussa
BM
Rouquet
Pierre
P
Gake
Bouba
B
Ngangnou
André
A
Foupouapouognigni
Yacouba
Y
Van Der Werf
Sylvie
S
Rocourt
Jocelyne
J
Rousset
Dominique
D
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D004372:Ducks; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
D006388:Hemagglutinins; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins