Avian influenza viruses in water birds, Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 626-629

  Gaidet, Nicolas ^a   Dodman, Tim ^b   Caron, Alexandre ^a   Balança, Gilles ^a   Desvaux, Stephanie ^a   Goutard, Flavie ^a   Cattoli, Giovanni ^c   Lamarque, François ^d   Hagemeijer, Ward ^b   Monicat, François ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL   (Netherlands)

^c Viale dell'Università ^*  (Italy)

^d OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TROPICS; VIRUS DETECTION; WATER BIRD;

EID: 34047105708     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1304.061011     Document Type: Article

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