Influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus outbreak in a cat colony in Italy

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 573-581

  Fiorentini, L ^a   Taddei, R ^a   Moreno, A ^a   Gelmetti, D ^a   Barbieri, I ^a   de Marco, M A ^b   Tosi, G ^a   Cordioli, P ^a   Massi, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cat; Immunohistochemistry; Intraspecies transmission; Lung pathology; Pandemic H1N1 virus

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; NUCLEOPROTEIN; SIALIDASE; VIRUS RNA;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; ITALY; LUNG; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PANDEMICS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 81255187779     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01406.x     Document Type: Article

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