Experimental infection and natural contact exposure of dogs with avian influenza virus (H5N1)

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-310

  Giese, Matthias ^a   Harder, Timm C ^a   Teifke, Jens P ^a   Klopfleisch, Robert ^a   Breithaupt, Angele ^a   Mettenleiter, Thomas C ^a   Vahlenkamp, Thomas W ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 38949217065     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1402.070864     Document Type: Article

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