Rarity of influenza A virus in spring shorebirds, southern Alaska

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1314-1316

  Winker, Kevin ^a   Spackman, Erica ^b   Swayne, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; FECES ANALYSIS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LETTER; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOREBIRD; SPRING; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 48749119556     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1408.080083     Document Type: Letter

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