Avian Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Outbreaks, Kuwait, 2007

Abstract

Phylogenetic analysis of influenza A viruses (H5N1) isolated from Kuwait in 2007 show that (H5N1) sublineage clade 2.2 viruses continue to spread across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Virus isolates were most closely related to isolates from central Asia and were likely vectored by migratory birds.

Keywords

• highly pathogenic avian influenza
• genotype Z
• Middle East
• virus evolution
• molecular epidemiology
• dispatch