Characterization of Influenza A Outbreaks in Minnesota Swine Herds and Measures Taken to Reduce the Risk of Zoonotic Transmission

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-106

  Beaudoin, A ^a   Johnson, S ^b   Davies, P ^a   Bender, J ^a   Gramer, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza; Surveillance; Swine; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SHOE; SOW (SWINE); SPRING; SWINE DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MINNESOTA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VACCINATION; ZOONOSES;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84857191187     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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