The impact of viral tropism and housing conditions on the transmission of three H5/H7 low pathogenic avian influenza viruses in chickens

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2428-2443

  Claes, G ^a   Welby, S ^a   Van Den Berg, T ^a   Van Der Stede, Y ^a,b   Dewulf, J ^b   Lambrecht, B ^a   Marche S ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Floor system; H5 and H7 low pathogenic avian influenza virus; real time RT PCR; reproduction ratio; transmission; virus tropism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHICKEN; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N1; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; POULTRY; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL TROPISM;

EID: 84885062355     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813000125     Document Type: Article

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