Highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus in smuggled Thai eagles, Belgium

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 702-705

  Van Borm, Steven ^a,c   Thomas, Isabelle ^b   Hanquet, Germaine ^b   Lambrecht, Bénédicte ^a   Boschmans, Marc ^a   Dupont, Gérald ^b   Decaestecker, Mireille ^a   Snacken, René ^b   Van Den Berg, Thierry ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c Vet and Agrochemical Res Centre ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; BELGIUM; EAGLE; EUROPE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LEGAL ASPECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 17844364658     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1105.050211     Document Type: Article

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