The effect of age on the pathogenesis of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in Pekin ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) infected experimentally

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Löndt, Brandon Z ^a   Núñez, Alejandro ^a   Banks, Jill ^a   Alexander, Dennis J ^a   Russell, Christine ^a   Richard Löndt, Angela C ^a   Brown, Ian H ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age ducks; H5N1 HPAI; Pathogenesis; Pekin

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; DUCK; FATALITY; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS H5N1; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEKIN DUCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORTICOLLIS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DUCKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 71849114707     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2009.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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