Interspecies transmission of influenza viruses: H5N1 virus and a Hong Kong SAR perspective

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 141-147

  Shortridge, Kennedy F ^a   Gao, Peng ^b   Guan, Yi ^c   Ito, Toshihiro ^d   Kawaoka, Yoshihiro ^b   Markwell, Deborah ^a   Takada, Ayato ^e   Webster, Robert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c St Jude Children's Research Institute   (United States)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birds; Hong Kong; Influenza; Interspecies transmission; Poultry markets; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; INFLUENZA; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 0034701744     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00174-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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