Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus in a swine farm house in Sicily, Italy

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-157

  Guercio, A ^a   Purpari, G ^a   Conaldi, P G ^b   Pagano, V ^b   Moreno, A ^c   Giambruno, P ^d   Di Trani, L ^e   Vaccari, G ^e   Falcone, E ^e   Boni, A ^e   Cordioli, P ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^b MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

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

^d Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

A H1N1 virus; Pandemic influenza; Sequencing; Swine; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; SERUM; SYMPTOM;

ITALY; SICILY;

ANIMALIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84861145875     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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