Serological evidence of influenza a virus infection in kuril harbor seals (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) of Hokkaido, Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Fujii, Kei ^a   Kakumoto, Chiharu ^b   Kobayashi, Mari ^c   Saito, Sachiko ^d   Kariya, Tatsuya ^e   Watanabe, Yukiko ^f   Sakoda, Yoshihiro ^a   Kida, Hiroshi ^a   Suzuki, Masatsugu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Eco Friends   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^d Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy

^e OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Institute for Raptor Biomedicine Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

H6 subtype; Influenza A virus; Japan; Phoca vitulina stejnegeri; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PHOCA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; JAPAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHOCA;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA STEJNEGERI;

EID: 34147145940     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.69.259     Document Type: Article

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