TY - JOUR AU - Monne, Isabella AU - Joannis, Tony M. AU - Fusaro, Alice AU - De Benedictis, Paola AU - Lombin, Lami H. AU - Ularamu, Husseini AU - Egbuji, Anthony AU - Solomon, Poman AU - Obi, Tim U. AU - Cattoli, Giovanni AU - Capua, Ilaria T1 - Reassortant Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) in Poultry, Nigeria, 2007 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 4 SP - 637 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Genetic characterization of a selection of influenza virus (H5N1) samples, circulating in 8 Nigerian states over a 39-day period in early 2007, indicates that a new reassortant strain is present in 7 of the 8 states. Our study reports an entirely different influenza virus (H5N1) reassortant becoming predominant and widespread in poultry. KW - H5N1 KW - avian influenza KW - Nigeria KW - reassortant KW - phylogenetic analysis KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1404.071178 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/4/07-1178_article ER - End of Reference