A prospective longitudinal study of naturally infected horses to evaluate the performance characteristics of rapid diagnostic tests for equine influenza virus

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 246-255

  Read, A J ^a   Arzey, K E ^a   Finlaison, D S ^a   Gu, X ^a   Davis, R J ^a   Ritchie, L ^a   Kirkland, P D ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Duration; ELISA; Equine influenza; Horse; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOCKING ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUINE INFLUENZA; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HORSE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EQUIDAE; EQUINE INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 84858754250     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.10.031     Document Type: Article

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