First case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in Spain

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Barral, M ^a   Alvarez, V ^a   Juste, R A ^a   Agirre, I ^b   Inchausti, I ^b  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PODICEPS CRISTATUS;

NA PROTEIN, INFLUENZA A VIRUS; SIALIDASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAMINIDASE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 59049085339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-50     Document Type: Article

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