Serologic evidence of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in dogs, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2019-2021

  Dundon, William G ^a   de Benedictis, Paola ^a   Viale, Elisabetta ^a   Capua, Ilaria ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ITALY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; NUCLEOPROTEINS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PANDEMICS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 78649573862     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1612.100514     Document Type: Letter

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