Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) isolated from whooper swans, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1427-1429

  Uchida, Yuko ^a   Mase, Masaji ^a   Yoneda, Kumiko ^b   Kimura, Atsumu ^c   Obara, Tsuyoshi ^c   Kumagai, Seikou ^c   Saito, Takehiko ^a   Yamamoto, Yu ^a   Nakamura, Kikuyasu ^a   Tsukamoto, Kenji ^a   Yamaguchi, Shigeo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c Akita Prefectural Hokubu Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAMANTANE; HEMAGGLUTININ; SIALIDASE; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; JAPAN;

EID: 50849112775     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.080655     Document Type: Article

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