Molecular and phylogenetic analysis of the H5N1 avian influenza virus caused the first highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in poultry in the Czech Republic in 2007

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-263

  Nagy, Alexander ^a   Vostinakova, Veronika ^a   Pindova, Zuzana ^a   Hornickova, Jitka ^a   Cernikova, Lenka ^a   Sedlak, Kamil ^a   Mojzis, Miroslav ^b   Dirbakova, Zuzana ^b   Machova, Jirina ^a  

^a Statni veterinarni ustav Praha   (Czech Republic)

^b State Veterinary Institute Zvolen   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; H5N1; H5N1 outbreak; Highly pathogenic avian influenza

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CZECH REPUBLIC; EVOLUTION; GERMANY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 57549093669     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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