The potential of house flies to act as a vector of avian influenza subtype H5N1 under experimental conditions

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-63

  Wanaratana, S ^a   Panyim, S ^b   Pakpinyo, S ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Avian influenza H5N1; House flies; Mechanical vector; Musca domestica

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; BRAIN; DISEASE VECTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; INOCULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; REAL TIME; REARING; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HOUSE FLY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HOUSEFLIES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INSECT VECTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

AVES; DIPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 79951529441     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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