Prevalence of influenza A H5N1 virus in cats from areas with occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in birds

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-358

  Marschall, Julia ^a   Schulz, Bianka ^a   Harder Priv Doz, Timm C ^b   Vahlenkamp Priv Doz, Thomas W ^c   Huebner, Janine ^d   Huisinga, Elke ^e   Hartmann, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Centre collaborateur de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé animale   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d LABOKLIN GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^e Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUSTRIA; BIRDS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; GERMANY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 48349144726     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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