Genetic and pathogenic potential of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 viruses from live bird markets in Egypt in avian and mammalian models

• Yassmin Moatasim,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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• Basma Emad Aboulhoda,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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• Mokhtar Gomaa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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• Ahmed El Taweel,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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• Omnia Kutkat,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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• Mina Nabil Kamel,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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• Mohamed El Sayes,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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• Mohamed GabAllah,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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• Amany Elkhrsawy,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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• Hend AbdAllah,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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• Ahmed Kandeil,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3253-6961

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• Mohamed Ahmed Ali,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

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• Ghazi Kayali ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ghazi@human-link.org (GK); rabeh.elshesheny@human-link.org (RES)

  Affiliation Human Link DMCC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5387-1622

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• Rabeh El-Shesheny

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ghazi@human-link.org (GK); rabeh.elshesheny@human-link.org (RES)

  Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8798-2240

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