Chlorine inactivation of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1)

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1568-1570

  Rice, Eugene W ^a   Adcock, Noreen J ^a   Sivaganesan, Mano ^a   Brown, Justin D ^b   Stallknecht, David E ^b   Swayne, David E ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 35548956929     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1310.070323     Document Type: Article

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