TY - JOUR AU - Al-Azemi, Ahmad AU - Bahl, Justin AU - Al-Zenki, Sameer AU - Al-Shayji, Yousif AU - Al-Amad, Sami AU - Chen, Honglin AU - Guan, Yi AU - Peiris, J.S. Malik AU - Smith, Gavin J.D. T1 - Avian Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Outbreaks, Kuwait, 2007 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 6 SP - 958 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Phylogenetic analysis of influenza A viruses (H5N1) isolated from Kuwait in 2007 show that (H5N1) sublineage clade 2.2 viruses continue to spread across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Virus isolates were most closely related to isolates from central Asia and were likely vectored by migratory birds. KW - highly pathogenic avian influenza KW - genotype Z KW - Middle East KW - virus evolution KW - molecular epidemiology KW - dispatch KW - Kuwait DO - 10.3201/eid1406.080056 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/6/08-0056_article ER - End of Reference