Genetic drift evolution under vaccination pressure among H5N1 Egyptian isolates

<p/> <p>Background</p> <p>The highly pathogenic H5N1 is a major avian pathogen that intensively affects the poultry industry in Egypt even in spite of the adoption of vaccination strategy. Antigenic drift is among the strategies the influenza virus uses to escape the immune s...

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Main Authors: Afifi Manal A, Abdel-Moneim Ahmed S, El-Kady Magdy F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:Virology Journal
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Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/8/1/283