Genomic and antigenic properties of Newcastle Disease virus
genotypes 2.XX1 and 2.VII from Egypt do not point to antigenic drift as
a driving force of spread
(Running title: Absence of antigenic drift in Newcastle Disease virus)
Mahmoud M. Naguib1, 2, Dirk Höper3,
Magdy F. Elkady4, Manal A. Afifi5,
Ahmed Erfan2, Hassanein H. Abozeid5,
Wafaa M. Hasan2, Abdel-Satar Arafa2,
Momtaz Shahein2, Martin Beer3, Timm
C. Harder3, Christian Grund3,#
1Zoonosis Science Center, Department of Medical
Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, 751 21 Uppsala,
Sweden
2 National Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control
on Poultry Production, Animal Health Research Institute, Agriculture
research centre, Giza 12618, Egypt
3 Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research
Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Diagnostic Virology, 17493
Greifswald Insel-Riems, Germany
4 Department of poultry disease, Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt
5 Department of Poultry disease, Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine, Cairo University, Giza 11221, Egypt