Genetic characterization of equine influenza viruses isolated in Italy between 1999 and 2005

Virus Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-105

  Damiani, A M ^a   Scicluna, M T ^a   Ciabatti, I ^a   Cardeti, G ^a   Sala, M ^a   Vulcano, G ^a   Cordioli, P ^b   Martella, V ^c   Amaddeo, D ^a   Autorino, G L ^a  

^a National Reference Centre for Equine Diseases Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni La   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

American lineage; Equine influenza virus; European lineage; Genetic characterization; Vaccine selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEMAGGLUTININ;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EQUINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; FOAL; HORSE DISEASE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; ITALY; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL;

EQUIDAE; EQUINE INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 36849026746     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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