Circulation of avian influenza H5N1 in live bird markets in Egypt

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 911-914

  Abdelwhab, E M ^a,b   Selim, A A ^a   Arafa, A ^a   Galal, S ^a   Kilany, W H ^a   Hassan, M K ^a   Aly, M M ^a   Hafez, M H ^b  

^a Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Bird markets; Egypt; H5N1; Surveillance; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EGYPT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; POULTRY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMMERCE; EGYPT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY;

ANATIDAE; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 77953840811     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9099-100809-RESNOTE.1     Document Type: Article

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