Equine influenza outbreak in India (2008-09): Virus isolation, sero-epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of HA gene

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 224-237

  Virmani, Nitin ^a   Bera, B C ^a   Singh, B K ^a   Shanmugasundaram, K ^a   Gulati, B R ^a   Barua, Sanjay ^a   Vaid, R K ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Singh, R K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON EQUINES   (India)

Author keywords

Equine influenza; H3N8 subtype; Haemagglutinin (HA); Phylogeny; Sero epidemiology

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; SIALIDASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EQUINE INFLUENZA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; INDIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMAGGLUTININS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INDIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 77953123292     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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