Can dogs carry the global pandemic candidate avian influenza virus H9N2?

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 341-345

  Amirsalehy, H ^a   Nili, H ^a   Mohammadi, A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Contact transmission; Dogs; H9N2; Haemagglutination inhibition; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHICKEN; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84865552334     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2012.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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