Potential effectiveness of public health interventions during the equine influenza outbreak in racehorse facilities in Japan, 2007

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 162-170

  Nishiura, H ^a,b   Satou, K ^c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Equine influenza; Incubation period; Outbreak; Prevention and control; Racehorse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; JAPAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; JAPAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 77954185194     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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