Intra-and interspecies transmission of H7N7 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus during the avian influenza epidemic in the Netherlands in 2003

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 333-340

  De Jong, M C M ^a   Stegeman, A ^b   Van Der Goot, J ^a   Koch, G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemic; H7N7; Influenza; Poultry; Reproduction ratio; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAMMALIA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 68149178435     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.28.1.1859     Document Type: Article

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