Prevalence of influenza a antibodies in yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) eggs and adults in Southern Tunisia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1583-1590

  Hammouda, Abdessalem ^a   Pearce Duvet, Jessica ^b   Chokri, Mohamed Ali ^a   Arnal, Audrey ^b   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^c   Boulinier, Thierry ^b   Selmi, Slaheddine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Maternal antibodies; North Africa; Patch occupancy modeling; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; SEROPREVALENCE; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; OVUM; TUNISIA;

EID: 83455262417     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0639     Document Type: Article

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