Australian surveillance for avian influenza viruses in wild birds between July 2005 and June 2007

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 266-272

  Haynes, L ^a   Arzey, E ^b   Bell, C ^c   Buchanan, N ^d   Burgess, G ^e   Cronan, V ^f   Dickason, C ^g   Field, H ^h   Gibbs, S ⁱ   Hansbro, P M ^j   Hollingsworth, T ^k   Hurt, A C ^l   Kirkland, P ^b   McCracken, H ^m   O'Connor, J ⁿ   Tracey, J ^o   Wallner, J ^p   Warner, S ^q   Woods, R ^a   Bunn, C ^c  

^a Australian Wildlife Health Network   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Department of Primary Industries and Water ^*  (Australia)

^d Government of South Australia   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Department of the Environment and Water Resources   (Australia)

^g Primary Industries and Resources South Australia   (Australia)

^h DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

ⁱ CSIRO   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^k DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^l WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

^m Melbourne Zoo   (Australia)

ⁿ Birds Australia   (Australia)

^o NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^p Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^q DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Australia; Avian influenza; H5; H7; Surveillance; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

MATRIX PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; DUCKS AND GEESE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUSTRALIA; BIRD DISEASES; CHARADRIIFORMES; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

ANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHARADRIIFORMES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 65349092562     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2009.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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