Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus among Wild Birds in Mongolia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Gilbert, Martin ^a   Jambal, Losolmaa ^a   Karesh, William B ^a,b   Fine, Amanda ^a   Shiilegdamba, Enkhtuvshin ^a   Dulam, Purevtseren ^c   Sodnomdarjaa, Ruuragchaa ^c   Ganzorig, Khuukhenbaatar ^c   Batchuluun, Damdinjav ^c   Tseveenmyadag, Natsagdorj ^d   Bolortuya, Purevsuren ^e   Cardona, Carol J ^f   Leung, Connie Y H ^g   Peiris, J S Malik ^g   Spackman, Erica ^h   Swayne, David E ^h   Joly, Damien O ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c Avian Influenza Section   (Mongolia)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DUCK; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANAS; ANSER; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CYGNUS;

EID: 84866299535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044097     Document Type: Article

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