Molecular characterization of the glycoprotein genes of H5N1 influenza A viruses isolated in Israel and the Gaza Strip during 2006 outbreaks.

Autor: Shimon Perk, Caroline Banet-Noach, Natalia Golender, Lubov Simanov, Ezra Rozenblut, Sagit Nagar, Shimon Pokamunski, Michael Pirak, Yevgenii Tendler, Maricarmen García, Alexander Panshin
Zdroj: Virus Genes; Dec2007, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p497-502, 6p
Abstrakt: Abstract  Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A viruses (AIV) have caused outbreaks among domestic poultry and wild aquatic birds in many Asian, European, and African countries since 1997. In March 2006 an avian H5N1 influenza A virus was isolated from poultry in Israel. In the present study we molecularly characterized the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes of eleven H5N1 viruses isolated from domestic poultry in Israel and Gaza in March–April 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of the HA and NA genes showed that the Israeli and Gazian viruses were closely related to viruses isolated in Egypt in 2006. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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