Avian influenza A virus (H5N1) outbreaks, Kuwait, 2007.
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.
Al-Azemi
Ahmad
A
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Bahl
Justin
J
Al-Zenki
Sameer
S
Al-Shayji
Yousif
Y
Al-Amad
Sami
S
Chen
Honglin
H
Guan
Yi
Y
Peiris
J S Malik
JS
Smith
Gavin J D
GJ
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / Q000235:genetics; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; C109963:hemagglutinin, avian influenza A virus