Survival of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in the environment

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 719-730

  Henning, J ^a,b   Meers, J ^b   Davies, P R ^a   Morris, R S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CALICIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; INOCULATION; LIVER; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; RABBIT; SEROCONVERSION; SURVIVAL TIME; VIRUS SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; LIVER; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PILOT PROJECTS; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 17244367936     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805003766     Document Type: Article

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