Within-flock transmission of H7N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in turkeys during the Italian epidemic in 1999-2000

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 297-300

  Bos, Marian E H ^a   Nielen, Mirjam ^a   Toson, Marica ^b   Comin, Arianna ^b   Marangon, Stefano ^b   Busani, Luca ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Field data; H7N1; Risk factors; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ITALY; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TURKEY (BIRD); VIROLOGY; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; ITALY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TURKEYS;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 77954862392     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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