Possible sources and spreading routes of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 infections in poultry and wild birds in Central Europe in 2007 inferred through likelihood analyses

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1075-1084

  Haase, Martin ^a   Starick, Elke ^b   Fereidouni, Sasan ^b   Strebelow, Günter ^b   Grund, Christian ^b   Seeland, Anett ^a   Scheuner, Carmen ^a   Cieslik, Dietmar ^a   Smietanka, Krzystof ^c   Minta, Zenon ^c   Zorman Rojs, Olga ^d   Mojzis, Miroslav ^e   Goletic, Teufik ^f   Jestin, Veronique ^g   Schulenburg, Bodo ^h   Pybus, Oliver ^h   Mettenleiter, Thomas ^b   Beer, Martin ^b   Harder, Timm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e Statny Veterinarny Ustav   (Slovakia)

^f Veterinary Faculty   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^g FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H5N1; Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus; Likelihood analysis; Phylogeny; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GERMANY; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HEMAGGLUTININS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NEURAMINIDASE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 77956263294     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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