Diagnosis of equine influenza virus infections in quarantine stations in Australia, 2007

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 4-6

  Watson, J ^a   Selleck, P ^a   Axell, A ^a   Bruce, K ^a   Taylor, T ^a   Heine, H ^a   Daniels, P ^a   Jeggo, M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Emergency animal disease; Equine influenza; H3N8; Horses; Polymerase chain reaction; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUSTRALIA; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; QUARANTINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUINE INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 79959777240     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2011.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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