Identifying the species-origin of faecal droppings used for avian influenza virus surveillance in wild-birds

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-93

  Cheung, Peter P ^a   Leung, Y H Connie ^a   Chow, Chun Kin ^a   Ng, Chi Fung ^a   Tsang, Chun Lok ^a   Wu, Yu On ^a   Ma, Siu Kit ^a   Sia, Sin Fun ^a   Guan, Yi ^a   Peiris, J S M ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Avian; DNA barcoding; H5N1; Human; Influenza; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ACROCEPHALUS ORIENTALIS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS PENELOPE; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ARDEA CINEREA; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CHARADRIUS LESCHENAULTII; CLOACA; COLUMBA LIVIA; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GALLUS GALLUS; HALCYON SMYRNENSIS; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LUSCINIA CYANE; MARKET; METHODOLOGY; MUSCICAPA DAUURICA; NONHUMAN; NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; PLATALEA MINOR; POULTRY; PRINIA GRACILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYCNONOTUS JOCOSUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSTRATULA BENGHALENSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STURNUS SERICEUS; TRINGA NEBULARIA; TRINGA TOTANUS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; WILDLIFE; ZOSTEROPS JAPONICUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67949107937     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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