Bird Flu

Findings in bird flu reported from A.L. Balish and co-researchers

Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 12th, 2010

"Highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (H5N1) has diverged antigenically and genetically since its initial detection in Asia in 1997. Viruses belonging to clade 2.2 in particular have been reported in numerous countries with the majority occurring in Egypt," investigators in the United States report.

"Previous reports identified antigenic similarities between viruses belonging to clack 2.2. However, poultry and human viruses isolated in northern Egypt during 2007 and 2008 were found to he antigenically distinct from other clade 2.2 viruses from this country. Genetic analysis of the hemagglutinin revealed a high degree of nucleotide and ammo acid divergence," wrote...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2010-05-12)

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