Advances in Virology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 294520, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/294520
Research Article

Isolation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus from Saker Falcons (Falco cherrug) in the Middle East

Henju Marjuki,1 Ulrich Wernery,2 Hui-Ling Yen,1 John Franks,1 Patrick Seiler,1 David Walker,1 Scott Krauss,1 and Robert G. Webster1,3

1Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
2Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 597, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
3Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 38105, USA

Received 16 June 2008; Accepted 10 October 2008

Academic Editor: Amiya K. Banerjee

Copyright © 2009 Henju Marjuki et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to Cite this Article

Henju Marjuki, Ulrich Wernery, Hui-Ling Yen, et al., “Isolation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus from Saker Falcons (Falco cherrug) in the Middle East,” Advances in Virology, vol. 2009, Article ID 294520, 7 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/294520