Determination of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase subtypes of avian influenza A viruses in urban pigeons by a new nested RT-PCR

Acta Virologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-216

  Gronesova P ^a   Mizakova A ^b   Betakova T ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Military Hospital   (Slovakia)

^c Centre for Molecular Medicine   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Avian influenza virus; Hemagglutinin; Neuraminidase

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; SIALIDASE; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BIRD; CLOACA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORAL BIOPSY; OROPHARYNGEAL SWAB; OROPHARYNX; PIGEON; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SMEAR; URBAN AREA; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; COLUMBA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CLOACA; COLUMBIDAE; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; NEURAMINIDASE; OROPHARYNX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 73349103173     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/av_2009_03_213     Document Type: Article

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