TY - BOOK AU - Dalia Said Ibrahim Elsayed AU - Abdelsattar Arafa Mohamed , AU - Ahmed Abdelghani Elsanousi , AU - Ibrahim Mohamed Elsabagh , TI - Passage of Egyptian highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses on different cell cultures / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Dalia Said Ibrahim Elsayed , KW - Cell cultures KW - H5N1 KW - MDCK N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Virology; Issued also as CD N2 - Cell culture systems are considered as an important host system for propagation of avian influenza virus. The growth and propagation of H5N1 influenza viruses can differ among the various primary and continuous cell cultures used for these purposes. Eight isolates of Egyptian highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses were collected during period between 2006-2011, and were passaged on 3 types of cell cultures ER -