Risk factors for highly pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza virus infection in poultry during the 1999-2000 epidemic in Italy

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-177

  Busani, Luca ^a,b   Valsecchi, Maria Grazia ^c   Rossi, Emanuela ^c   Toson, Marica ^a   Ferrè, Nicola ^a   Pozza, Manuela Dalla ^a   Marangon, Stefano ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Epidemiology; Poultry; Risk factors; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N1; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY FARMING; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; ITALY; MEAT; POULTRY DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TURKEYS;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 67349098127     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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