Active surveillance for avian influenza virus infection in wild birds by analysis of avian fecal samples from the environment

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 512-518

  Pannwitz, G ^a   Wolf, C ^b   Harder, T ^a,c  

^a Ostvorpommern   (Germany)

^b State Office for Agriculture Food Safety and Fishery   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Conservation; Environment; Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANSER; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CYGNUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLOACA; DISEASE CARRIER; DUCK; DUCKS AND GEESE; FECES; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOOSE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N2; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; CLOACA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; GEESE; GERMANY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67649982140     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.512     Document Type: Article

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