Surveillance for influenza viruses in poultry and swine, West Africa, 2006-2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1446-1452

  Couacy Hymann, Emmanuel ^a,e   Kouakou, Viviane A ^a,e   Aplogan, Gilbert L ^b   Awoume, Felix ^c   Kouakou, Casimir K ^a,e   Kakpo, Lamidi ^b   Sharp, Bridgett R ^d   McClenaghan, Laura ^d   McKenzie, Pamela ^d   Webster, Robert G ^d   Webby, Richard J ^d   Ducatez, Mariette F ^d  

^a Central Laboratory for Animal Diseases   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b Laboratoire de Diagnostic Vétérinaire et de Sérosurveillance   (Benin)

^c Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire de Lomé   (Togo)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN PNEUMOVIRUS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOWL; GYROVIRUS; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; ILTOVIRUS; INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MARDIVIRUS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWINE; SWINE INFLUENZA;

EID: 84865337094     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1809.111296     Document Type: Article

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