Avian influenza surveillance with FTA cards: Field methods, biosafety, and transportation issues solved

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 54, 2011, Pages

  Kraus, Robert H S ^a   van Hooft, Pim ^a   Waldenström, Jonas ^b   Latorre Margalef, Neus ^b   Ydenberg, Ronald C ^a,c   Prins, Herbert H T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 80355125203     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2832     Document Type: Article

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