Phylogenetic evidence of multiple introduction of H5N1 virus in Malda district of West Bengal, India in 2008

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 132-139

  Tosh, C ^a   Nagarajan, S ^a   Murugkar, H V ^a   Jain, R ^a   Behera, P ^a   Katare, M ^a   Kulkarni, D D ^a   Dubey, S C ^a  

^a ICAR National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

H5N1 subtype; Highly pathogenic avian influenza; India; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; INDIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; START CODON; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOME, VIRAL; INDIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 79951580289     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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