Complete Genome Sequence of the First H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Isolated from Chickens in Lebanon in 2016.

Elias IbrahimAbeer SirawanBassel El-BazzalJeanne El HageMounir Abi SaidHassan ZaraketAhmed KandeilMohamed A AliGhazi Kayali

Published in: Genome announcements (2016)

We generated the full genome of a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus that caused an outbreak on a chicken farm in Lebnaon in April 2016. Analysis revealed that the virus belonged to clade 2.3.2.1c that recently caused outbreaks in West Africa and the United Arab Emirates.

Keyphrases

disease virus
heat stress
gene expression
infectious diseases