Avian influenza and ban on overnight poultry storage in live poultry markets, Hong Kong

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1339-1341

  Connie Leung, Y H ^a   Lau, Eric H Y ^a   Zhang, Li Juan ^b   Guan, Yi ^b   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Peiris, J S Malik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHICKEN; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HONG KONG; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD HANDLING; HONG KONG; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84864433225     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1808.111879     Document Type: Article

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