Genetic relatedness of recent Canadian equine influenza virus isolates with vaccine strains used in the field

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1028-1030

  Gagnon, Carl A ^a,b,c   Elahi, Seyyed Mehdy ^b,c   Tremblay, Donald ^b,c   Lavoie, Jean Pierre ^c   Bryant, Neil A ^d   Elton, Debra M ^d   Carman, Susy ^e   Elsener, Johanne ^f  

^a Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc (GREMIP)   (Canada)

^b Service de diagnostic   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^f Wyeth Animal Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EQUINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 35948947008     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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