Shedding light on avian influenza H4N6 infection in mallards: Modes of transmission and implications for surveillance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Vandalen, Kaci K ^a   Franklin, Alan B ^a   Mooers, Nicole L ^a   Sullivan, Heather J ^a   Shriner, Susan A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; WATER;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DUCKS AND GEESE; FECES CULTURE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H4N6; MALLARD; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUCK; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; FECES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; VIRUS SHEDDING; WATER;

EID: 77958516101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012851     Document Type: Article

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