Circulation of Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Saudi Arabia

Circulation of Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Saudi Arabia

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses have been detected in several continents. However, limited viral sequence data are available from countries in the Middle East. We report full-genome analyses of highly pathogenic H5N8 viruses recently detected in different provinces in Saudi Arabia.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hussain Al-Ghadeer, Daniel K.W. Chu, Ehab A. Rihan, Ehab M. Abd-Allah, Haogao Gu, Alex W.H. Chin, Ibrahim A. Qasim, Ali Aldoweriej, Sanad S. Alharbi, Marshad A. Al-Aqil, Ali Al-Sahaf, Salah S. Abdel Rahman, Ali H. Aljassem, Ali Abdul-Al, Mohammed R. Aljasir, Yousef M.O. Alhammad, Samy Kasem, Malik Peiris, Ahmed Z.S.A. Zaki, Leo L.M. Poon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
influenza
influenza A(H5N8)
outbreak
Saudi Arabia
phylogenetic analysis
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/10/18-0846_article

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