Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Egypt
Ghazi Kayali
, Ahmed Kandeil, Rabeh El-Shesheny, Ahmed S. Kayed, Asmaa M. Maatouq, Zhipeng Cai, Pamela McKenzie, Richard Webby, Samir El Refaey, Amr Kandeel, and Mohamed A. Ali
Author affiliations: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA (G. Kayali, P.P. McKenzie, R.J. Webby); National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt (A. Kandeil, R. El-Shesheny, A.S. Kayed, A.M. Maatouq, M.A. Ali); Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Z. Cai); Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo, Egypt (S. El Refaey, A. Kandeel)
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Figure 6. Human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection and associated deaths, Egypt, 2006–2015. Data for 2015 include cases confirmed in January and February only. For reference, the emergence of H9N2 virus in poultry is shown (arrow).
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