First reported incursion of highly pathogenic notifiable avian influenza A H5N1 viruses from clade 2.3.2 into European poultry

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-78

  Reid, S M ^a   Shell, W M ^a   Barboi, G ^b   Onita, I ^b   Turcitu, M ^b   Cioranu, R ^b   Marinova Petkova, A ^c   Goujgoulova, G ^c   Webby, R J ^d   Webster, R G ^d   Russell, C ^a   Slomka, M J ^a   Hanna, A ^a   Banks, J ^a   Alton, B ^a   Barrass, L ^a   Irvine, R M ^a   Brown, I H ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease   (Romania)

^c National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute   (Bulgaria)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian influenza surveillance; European poultry; H5N1 clade 2.3.2 virus; Highly pathogenic notifiable avian influenza A H5N1 virus; Notifiable avian disease; Nucleotide sequencing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; BULGARIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; POULTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROMANIA; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; BULGARIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROMANIA;

ANATIDAE; AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 78651107613     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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