Epidemiology of avian influenza virus in wild birds in Switzerland between 2006 and 2009

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 875-884

  Baumer, Anette ^a   Feldmann, Julia ^a   Renzullo, Sandra ^a   Müller, Matthias ^a   Thúr, Barbara ^a   Hofmann, Martin A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avian influenza virus; Pathotype; RT qPCR; Subtypes; Swabs; Switzerland; Virus detection; Wild waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SWITZERLAND; TIME; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; PHYLOGENY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

ANATIDAE; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 77953848922     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9119-110209-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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