Antigenic and genetic analysis of equine influenza viruses from tropical Africa in 1991

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 367-374

  Adeyefa, C A O ^a,b   James, M L ^a   McCauley, J W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; HEMAGGLUTININ; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TROPICS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0029994175     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800001552     Document Type: Article

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