Avian influenza virus, streptococcus suis serotype 2, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus and beyond: molecular epidemiology, ecology and the situation in China

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1530, 2009, Pages 2725-2737

  Ying, Ma ^a   Feng, Youjun ^a   Liu, Di ^a   Gao, George F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; EHEC; PRRSV; Sars cov; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIRD; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ANIMALIA; ARTERIVIRUS; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORONAVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA; MAMMALIA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMAL; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 70349312906     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0093     Document Type: Review

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