Circulation of Influenza A(H5N8) Virus, Saudi Arabia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Al-Ghadeer, Hussain ; Chu, Daniel K.W. ; Rihan, Ehab M.A. ; Abd-Allah, Ehab M. ; Gu, Haogao ; Chin, Alex W.H. ; Qasim, Ibrahim A. ; Aldoweriej, Ali ; Alharbi, Sanad S. ; Al-Aqil, Marshad A. ; Al-Sahaf, Ali ; Abdel Rahman, Salah S. ; Aljassem, Ali H. ; Abdul-Al, Ali ; Aljasir, Mohammed R. ; Alhammad, Yousef M.O. ; Kasem, Samy ; Peiris, Malik ; Zaki, Ahmed Z.S.A. ; Poon, Leo L.M.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Birds Disease Outbreaks Genome, Viral Genomics High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing Influenza A Virus, H5N8 Subtype Influenza In Birds Phylogeny Public Health Surveillance Rna, Viral

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(10):1961-1964.
• Pubmed ID:
  29943727
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6154161
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Saudi Arabia
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d424c48af8aeb9efbd436755cb28d393399a1bc9ee2ae94cab66dd3dd300eeb7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59479/cdc_59479_DS1.pdf
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