The avian and mammalian host range of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza

Virus Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-11

  Kaplan, Bryan S ^a   Webby, Richard J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Avian influenza; H5N1; Host range; Mammals

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; DUCKS AND GEESE; GALLIFORMES; HOST RANGE; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; H5N1; HOST RANGE; MAMMALS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MAMMALS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84887623451     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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