Eurasian tree sparrows, risk for H5N1 virus spread and human contamination through Buddhist ritual: An experimental approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Gutiérrez, Ramona Alikiiteaga ^a   Sorn, San ^b   Nicholls, John M ^c   Buchy, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DU CAMBODGE   (Cambodia)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (Cambodia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUCK; FATALITY; GENE SEQUENCE; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; RELIGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RITUAL; SEROCONVERSION; SPARROW; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 82555185560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028609     Document Type: Article

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