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SUBMITTER: Lee DH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4932324 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Dong-Hun DH Swayne David E DE Sharma Poonam P Rehmani Shafqat Fatima SF Wajid Abdul A Suarez David L DL Afonso Claudio C
Veterinary record open 20160627 1
Significant economic losses from deaths and decreased egg production have resulted from H9N2 low pathogenic avian influenza virus (LPAIV) infections in poultry across North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The H9N2 LPAIVs have been endemic in Pakistani poultry since 1996, but no new viruses have been reported since 2010. Because novel genotypes of Pakistani H9N2 contain mammalian host-specific markers, recent surveillance is essential to better understand any continuing public health risk. Here ...[more]