Using nested RT-PCR analyses to determine the prevalence of avian influenza viruses in passerines in western Slovakia, during summer 2007

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 954-957

  Gronesova, Paulina ^a   Kabat, Peter ^a,b   Trnka, Alfred ^c   Betakova, Tatiana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCKS AND GEESE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H10N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H12N5; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H13N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H13N3; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N5; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLOVAKIA; SUMMER; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

ANIMALS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; PASSERIFORMES; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 57049117091     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802400576     Document Type: Article

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