Experimental infection of a North American raptor, American kestrel (Falco sparverius), with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1)

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Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Hall, Jeffrey S ^a   Ip, Hon S ^a   Franson, J Christian ^a   Meteyer, Carol ^a   Nashold, Sean ^a   TeSlaa, Joshua L ^a   French, John ^b   Redig, Patrick ^c   Brand, Christopher ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BRAIN NECROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; KESTREL; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; RAPTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; VIRUS SHEDDING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PANCREAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; NECROSIS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PANCREAS; RAPTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 70449566802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007555     Document Type: Article

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