Isolation of Avian influenza virus from polymerase chain reaction-negative cloacal samples of waterfowl

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-90

  El Zowalaty, Mohamed E ^a,b   Abin, Martha ^a   Raju, Subhatra ^a   Chander, Yogesh ^a   Redig, Patrick T ^a   El Latif, Hemmat K Abd ^a,b   El Sayed, Mona A ^a,b   Goyal, Sagar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Polymerase chain reaction; Virus isolation; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANATIDAE; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 78651514605     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063871102300113     Document Type: Article

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