Genetic data provide evidence for wind-mediated transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 730-735

  Ypma, Rolf J F ^a,b   Jonges, Marcel ^a   Bataille, Arnaud ^c,d   Stegeman, Arjan ^c   Koch, Guus ^d   Van Boven, Michiel ^a   Koopmans, Marion ^a,e   Van Ballegooijen, W Marijn ^a   Wallinga, Jacco ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

avian influenza; mathematical modeling; molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULLING DATE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HA GENE; INFECTION DATE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; NA GENE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PB2 GENE; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WIND; WIND DIRECTION; WIND MEDIATED VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N7 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA, VIRAL; WIND;

EID: 84873615643     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis757     Document Type: Article

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