Influenza A virus monitoring in urban and free-ranging pigeon populations in Germany, 2006-2008

Avian Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-450

  Kohls, Andrea ^a   Lüschow, Dörte ^a   Lierz, Michael ^a,b   Hafez, Hafez M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Clinic for birds reptiles amphibian and fish   (Germany)

Author keywords

avian influenza; H5N1; human health risk; pigeons; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD DISEASE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CLOACA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GERMANY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRACHEA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CLOACA; COLUMBIDAE; GERMANY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TRACHEA;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 80053226999     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9567-100710-ResNote.1     Document Type: Article

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