Virological Surveillance and Preliminary Antigenic Characterization of Influenza Viruses in Pigs in Five European Countries from 2006 to 2008

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-101

  Kyriakis, C S ^a   Brown, I H ^b   Foni, E ^c   Kuntz Simon, G ^d   Maldonado, J ^e   Madec, F ^d   Essen, S C ^b   Chiapponi, C ^c   Van Reeth, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^d Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^e LABORATORIOS HIPRA S A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigenic characterization; Europe; Pigs; Swine influenza virus; Virological surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; HEMAGGLUTININ; SIALIDASE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FRANCE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; ITALY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SPAIN; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; NEURAMINIDASE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

AVES; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SUIDAE; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 79551700837     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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