TY - JOUR AU - Scotch, Matthew AU - Mei, Changjiang AU - Makonnen, Yilma J. AU - Pinto, Julio AU - Ali, AbdelHakim AU - Vegso, Sally AU - Kane, Michael AU - Sarkar, Indra Neil AU - Rabinowitz, Peter PY - 2013 DA - 2013/12/10 TI - Phylogeography of influenza A H5N1 clade 2.2.1.1 in Egypt JO - BMC Genomics SP - 871 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Influenza A H5N1 has killed millions of birds and raises serious public health concern because of its potential to spread to humans and cause a global pandemic. While the early focus was in Asia, recent evidence suggests that Egypt is a new epicenter for the disease. This includes characterization of a variant clade 2.2.1.1, which has been found almost exclusively in Egypt. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-871 DO - 10.1186/1471-2164-14-871 ID - Scotch2013 ER -