Hassan Boulahyaoui1,2*, Sanaa Alaoui Amine1,3, Marouane Melloul4, Farida Hilali5, Elmostafa El-Fahime1,3, Saad Mrani1,2 and Nadia Touil1,5*
...port suggests a possible reassortment event between human and domestic animal rotaviruses. Continuous surveillance in the post vaccine era appears to be necessary in order to identify unusual rotavirus strains that might not be fully contrasted by current vaccines. ...
Ye Ge1,2,3, Qiucheng Yao1, Hongliang Chai3, Yuping Hua3* and Guohua Deng2*
...a virus transmission and reassortment. To further evaluate the potential infection risk of H6 AIVs from wild birds, we inoculated these viruses into A549 cells, which showed that these wild bird H6 AIVs have acquired the ability to cross interspecific barriers and have the potential to infect mammals. We analysed the level of cytokine expression in response to four H6 AIVs in CEFs and DEFs using real-time PCR. The results showed that the viruses from wild bird...
Khalid Nabieh1, Wael K. Elfeil2*, Ahmed Ali1, Ali Zanaty3, Magdy F. Elkady1
... genetic variability and reassortment interactions between co-circulating IBDV strains in Egyptian field, with a particular focus on the VP1(segment B) and VP2 (Segment A) gene sequences. Samples of bursal tissue were obtained from poultry farms located in the governorates of Dakahlia, Kafr Elsheikh, Menoufia, and Qalyubia in Egypt. Following extraction of total RNA from these samples, the partial segments of IBDV VP1 and VP2 were amplified using reverse trans...
Hadda Kareche1*, Ola Elbohy2 and Janet M. Daly2
...rkers. The potential for reassortment (exchanging genome segments with other influenza A virus subtypes) that could produce a virus with pandemic potential also poses a significant threat to human health. Phylogenetic analysis has shown that most of the H9N2 viruses circulating in North Africa belong to the G1-like lineage. This review highlights the need for continued surveillance, accompanied by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the viral genome to mon...
