Osama Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Mahana

Molecular characterization of H5 gene of avian influenza viruses in backyard birds / التوصيف الجزيئى لجين اتش 5 لفيروس انفلونزا الطيور فى الطيور المنزلية Osama Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Mahana ; Supervised Mohamed Abdelhameed Shalaby , Hussein Ali Hussein , Abdelsatar Arafa Mohamed - Cairo : Osama Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Mahana , 2012 - 145 Leaves : charts ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Virology

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) caused by the influenza A HPAI virus represent a signifcant threat to the poultry industry and humans in Egypt . Silently infected free ranging ducks and geese as well as mixed species in backyard holdings are suspected to play essential role in spread of virus and most of human cases occur in this sector



Backyard H5 gene HPAI