Isolation and characterisation of equine influenza viruses (H3N8) from Europe and North America from 2008 to 2009

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 19-27

  Bryant, Neil A ^a   Rash, Adam S ^a   Woodward, Alana L ^a   Medcalf, Elizabeth ^a   Helwegen, Maud ^a   Wohlfender, Franziska ^a   Cruz, Fatima ^a   Herrmann, Claudia ^b   Borchers, Kerstin ^b   Tiwari, Ashish ^c   Chambers, Thomas M ^c   Newton, J Richard ^a   Mumford, Jennifer A ^d   Elton, Debra M ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equine influenza virus; H3N8; Surveillance; Vaccine strain selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HORSE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; EUROPE; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EQUINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 78649509153     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.05.040     Document Type: Article

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